10/31/2025
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A marriage truth nobody mentions:
You'll fall in and out of love with the same person repeatedly. The falling out is normal. The falling back in is the choice. Most people leave during the out phase. Long marriages aren't one love story — they're multiple love stories with the same person.
People assume that if they ever stop feeling in love, the relationship is over. But what they don’t realize is that love isn’t a constant emotion — it’s a cycle. Some seasons feel like fireworks, some feel like quiet routine, and some feel like distance. You may go from passion to partnership, from butterflies to battles, and back to deep comfort again. That doesn’t mean it’s failing — it means it’s evolving.
True commitment isn’t proven during the “in love” phase. It’s proven during the silent, confusing, emotionally distant seasons — when you choose to stay, communicate, grow, and water the connection again instead of assuming it died.
The strongest couples don’t avoid the “out” phase — they survive it. They sit through the discomfort, they soften their ego, they choose curiosity over blame. They learn each other again at different ages, through changing dreams and difficult seasons. They understand that love is not a permanent feeling, but a repeated decision.
Real marriage isn’t just one love story — it’s many different love stories, rewritten with the same person, over and over, as you both evolve. That’s what makes it rare. That’s what makes it beautiful.
