Only been married 15 years, so I'm far from an expert, but I will say that in our marriage (first and hopefully last for both of us) the following have been the most important elements (in order of importance):
- Respect
- Love (yes ... I put respect before love, believe it or not)
- Willingness to Compromise
- Work
- Luck ... Good fortune ... Destiny ... Whatever you choose to call it
I think these elements feed off of each other ... With the possible exception of luck, we couldn't remove any one of these for very long and expect the marriage to last.
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