Diva Confessions: Real Love Equals Hard Work

I'll cut right to the chase: being in a relationship/marriage is hard. I don't think there's anything in life more difficult. Fusing who you are with someone else is proving to be quite the challenge. Sometimes, I ask myself "Is this what I signed up for?" Like most women, I was in love with the idea of being in love. Living happily ever after with that special perfect someone couldn't possibly just be for the movies...right?

Wrong!

He's totally unorganized. A little too loud. When he leaves dishes on the nightstand it drives me nuts. His dirty clothes never quite make it to the hamper and if I trip over another Supra I'm gonna scream! I leave my girly products all over the bathroom, I'm never ready on time, and I can be quite bitchy. We fuss & argue. I've even given him the silent treatment a few times. But to answer my own question, yes, this is what I signed up for--that and a whole lot more. What we share far outweighs any of that other stuff. Love may not be like a movie or a fairy tale, but for me, I've found that's what makes it that much more interesting. We're not perfect people so therefore we're not a perfect couple...but who is? One thing that I can count on is how much we love one another. We work hard at what we have. We make sacrifices & comprimises. We learn from our mistakes as well as from one another. At the end of the day, we do it for us...and for us, the hard work is well worth the rewards.

Love quotes to live by...

"Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!"
-Unknown

"Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever."
-Unknown

"Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words." -- Fr. Jerome Cummings

"Where there is love there is life." -- Gandhi

"To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage." -- Lao Tzu

Truly yours,

Tay.