tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172968459888113854.post6257536596778960157..comments2023-07-23T07:48:50.982-05:00Comments on Thoughts from The Quiet Storm: Real LoveKayC, The Quiet Stormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04906296213022463052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172968459888113854.post-6595934227220813722013-10-26T13:44:30.310-05:002013-10-26T13:44:30.310-05:0023 years?!? I bow to you. Congrats! Making a good ...23 years?!? I bow to you. Congrats! Making a good choice for a spouse/life partner is important. You made a better choice than I, LOL!KayC, The Quiet Stormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906296213022463052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172968459888113854.post-36652643657624925672013-10-26T13:40:58.283-05:002013-10-26T13:40:58.283-05:00Yes, people think love is the cure all but so much...Yes, people think love is the cure all but so much more comes with that choice that most people just do not understand. KayC, The Quiet Stormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906296213022463052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172968459888113854.post-29306996328941725742013-10-23T21:43:46.501-05:002013-10-23T21:43:46.501-05:00@rodger dodger - wow, this is so close to what i w...@rodger dodger - wow, this is so close to what i wanted to say. i've been married for 23 years now, with once child after 3 pregnancies. we've been through, still going through quite a bit. and so far we have survived. we're still young, in our late 40's, and it's been hard. yes, for us, love is way down on the list. for may couples i know who've managed to stay together and be happy for 15 years and better, its further down the list. <br /><br />most importantly, you must know what love truly is, and then be ready to receive it. not everyone in 'loveships' understands that. and there lies the struggle. it's a struggle for hubby and i. after all these years of being married, he still struggles with receiving love. and i'm ok with that because there are so many other things higher up on the list that matter much more. yet, i know that those things are because of love....funny.angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457899003599997045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172968459888113854.post-28395818755436455502013-09-17T11:03:01.170-05:002013-09-17T11:03:01.170-05:00I think it's hard to talk about the term "...I think it's hard to talk about the term "real love" without thinking about that Mary J Blige song. I think you're right though... true love is only available when someone is ready to accept it. Many people think they know what that means but they really don't. I remember looking at a few successful married couples and the things they did to keep their marriage strong. 90% of the time, "love" was usually the 5th or 6th thing down on the list. Love is obvious, but nothing to build a marriage on. Marriage has so much more to do with economics, compromise, and the meshing of personalities than love. <br /><br />I remember a line from a movie that went, "Every idiot in the world says they love somebody. But it's the things you do with that love that actually mean something." So true...Ahkenaten Korhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921064752235890756noreply@blogger.com