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What My Grandma’s 55th Wedding Anniversary Taught Me About Marriage
If this is the right person for me, why does this marriage feel so hard to keep?
“Many married couples give up on each other way too early, thinking it’d be easier with someone else,” my grandma said while she was cooking my favorite dish.
“What point?” — I asked her.
“A strong, healthy, and long-term marriage needs time to build. Things could get very overwhelming and frustrating. But if you stick to it long enough, both of you will reach the point where things get so much easier. You have a new kind of love, a deeper one, for each other. You also understand each other so much better.”
Her words stuck in my mind for a while. I’m in my second year of marriage, and if I’m being honest, it’s a lot of work. Some days, I feel mentally exhausted. I have doubts if we’ll ever make it work.
The thing about having doubts in your relationship is, it’s always unclear whether it’s you or your partner. The thoughts usually go like this: if this is the right person for me, why does it feel so hard? Is it possible that I’m so flawed I can’t keep up with this relationship? But what if I do it with someone else? Could it make it easier?
