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abaya, I think I'm going to borrow your wording when E. and I get married.
I don't believe that love lasts forever. People change, situations change. Both of my parents were divorced before marrying each other--they've been married for 25 years now. My father got divorced because the woman he married changed her mind about having children, and he really wanted a family--among other reasons, of course. I guess she turned into a hippie, and my dad is SO not a hippie. Additionally, throughout their 25-year-marriage (I HAVE been around for most of it), I've seen them go through some tough times, where things have been really shaky, but the key is that they kept coming back. And every time something about life changed, they went with it, and adjusted. They're utterly mutually whipped.
But they're lucky. I'd say every time you fall in love, you roll the dice. Every relationship has a life span--every relationship. If we're lucky, the life span matches ours.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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