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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed. Marry a good person, and you must be a good person, as well.

Talk, compromise, have common goals. When you grow and change, work to grow and change together.

[b]At the end of the day, I think for long-term marriage to work you have to WANT to stay married and do the work to make the marriage work. [/b][/quote]

I agree with this. I wouldn't say my marriage is a ton of work, but living with another human being and interacting with them on all sorts of issues is challenging even if you married the exact right person. Sometimes we view things differently. Sometimes we're tired or stressed out. Sometimes we're annoyed by the other person. But at the end of the day we want to have a happy marriage so we make the effort to resolve conflicts, care about the other person, spend quality time together, etc. Similar way that I nurture my friendships and my work relationships, although those are obviously different kinds of relationships. Being a good wife, mom, friend, employee, etc. takes work. Doing all of those things with other people who are also willing to do the work makes it a lot easier. [/quote]

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