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Originally Posted by DarknessIsMyFriend
Would you invest all of your money into the stock market without any certainty that you would make a solid ROI and risk losing everything? I doubt it. Similarly, I don't want to dump all of my emotional energy into one person and risk abandonment later on down the road without contingencies in place to protect myself.
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Honestly, that attitude of risk and fear of abandonment never even entered my thinking when I got married. I was fully confident in our relationship and our commitment to each other. It really wasn't a risky proposition at all. I felt no need to "protect myself" against . . . whatever you think you need to protect yourself against (I honestly don't even relate to that idea so I don't even know what to call it). Long term commitment IS hard work and isn't always easy, but that kind of commitment to work together to get through whatever life puts in our path is exactly what has kept us together all of these years.