What keeps a couple together?

i think you are correct, couples who tend to be more into their spiritual growth are more likely to be able to stick together and fight for their love for each other because they understand the deeper meaning of relationship than the petty ones - being sweets and all.

In some points you are correct. Religion tends to bond a couple more tightly thatn those who do not practice their religion. However, the strongest factor that makes a couple stay longer together is love. In the first place, love should be the force that makes two people together. Love is always a universal subject yet not everyone knows how to recognize it. I my self don't even know If I had been inlove in the past or if I am currently inlove. One thing is for sure, those who stay together for the rest of their lives surely know what love is.

I do agree. The spriritual bond of a couple is actually like a triangle with God being the third point, and at the top. The closer the couple get to each other, the closer they are to God. The closer each of them gets to God, the closer they are to each other. That is why the very best way for a young man and woman to build their relationship is this: Start with the spiritual. Understand each other's faith and beliefs, and how you each live that out. Add to that the mind/emotional part of the relationship. Get to know each other in all ways except physical. Finally, after marriage, the relationship is ready to embrace the physical element. The idea of a honeymoon is old-fashioned, but it is ideal. For the young couple that has waited until marriage, they can now drink their full, day and night and develop memories and experiences that will unite them forever. In a broader sense, we know for the couple that has a number of years between them, it is not likely the physical will be the strong bond holding them together; but of course it still is part of the picture.

Love keeps a couple together. If you love a person then you pretty will do anything for them and will not want to hurt them in anyway. If you love a person then you will respect them.

Hi there! I agree with you! Most couples stay together when they have fear in God. Both of them will not be tempt to have some third parties because they know it is very much wrong and is included in The Ten Commandments.

What keeps couples together? I think mostly the family, kids and the fear to be alone and start all over again. Afraid to start over, no security and probably dumped by family and friends. Very strong religious people will stay together longer too because their family will not allow them to divorce and feel ashamed about it and kick you out of the family (at least that is what happens to you if you try to escape). I don't think staying against your will can be called a solid fortress against storms of life. It means you are not able to develop or express yourself, you have to give up on your own hopes, dreams, wishes and luck and that is a very big sacrifice if you get nothing back in return.

True love is a spiritual connection. It has little to do with religion. It has more to do with the Chemistry God places that keeps the connection there. Sometimes, true love won't show up until later in life yet very few people want to wait for it. People get married for all kinds of reasons. If it isn't true love, there isn't enough glue to hold it together forever. I know many people try but it is never a happy situation. Best to get married only when your true love arrives. Patience.

i agree with you..couples that put their God (whatever their religion is) at the center of their relationship, together with their love and faith with each other, keeps their relationship strong..a solid foundation to their relationship..