“Relying on you.” Siena, Italy — author photo

Grand Gestures and Happily Married People

Rose Mary Griffith
Nov 7 · 4 min read

In my people-observations, the happiest married couples tend not to treat each other like spouses.

The happiest twosomes don’t act as if the other person is an appendage that they can abuse at will, overworking it to the point of pain. People content in long-term relationships behave as they did when first meeting. When a person attracts you into a friendship — opposite sex or same sex — you…

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Rose Mary Griffith

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MusingsFromaRedhead.com. Author of The Writer’s Travel Journal — created for your adventures. Essayist & aspiring memoirist. Writer of humor, grief, & family.

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