Do you believe in happily ever after?
By sharone74
@sharone74 (4837)
United States
December 15, 2006 11:09am CST
Do you believe that some couples or some people have what it takes to go the distance with their relationship and stay in love and happy and together forever. I think that it is probably difficult but there are those few people who seem to be as in love after 30-40 years as they were the day they wed, or some are even more so. So yes I believe in happily ever after. Do you?
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14 responses
@trihknittee (124)
• India
2 Jan 07
I believe Happiness is something that you create yourself. You can find someone who is perfectly compatible in every respect and yet look for the One thing that is missing and be unhappy about it. Or you can Love someone for the person he/she is, with all their shortcomings, and see that the only thing that matters is at the end of the day you wanna come home to him/her. I believe the more you share, the more you love and the happier you are. So yeah, as years go by I believe a love like this can only grow...Happily everafter it is :)
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@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
2 Jan 07
I am not one to see the glass as half empty.Thank you for your response
@Kelly16 (252)
• Philippines
29 Dec 06
Yes I do, my parents were married for almost 40 yrs and they talk every day of their lives (usually from 3am) as long as I can remember but they never run out of things to talk too, they do everything together like shopping, go to church. There has been ups and downs in life but they share solving problems and Yes they live happily and in love together until this very moment.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
30 Dec 06
They are both quite fortunate an quite unusual. You are lucky. Hopefully you will seek out a relationship like theirs.
@birthlady (5609)
• United States
31 Dec 06
Yes, I do believe in happily ever after, I'm just not sure when it starts.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Neither do I.
Except for being unemployed I am happy as a clam for now. I just gotta work on the ever after part.
@edras_2 (299)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Yes I do.But it does take work.So many people get married thinking things are just going to be ideal all on their own.Wrong!The marriages that suceed are based on respect,trust and communication.And the ability to work together to solve problems.Thank goodness me and my have all these things.When we got married,we decided that we would never put anything ahead of our marriage or our life together,except God.We respect each and are always honest with each other.Yes sometimes we don't agree,but we are good communicators and always resolve our issues.We have never been angry with each other more than a couple of hours.I think happily ever after is our future.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
30 Dec 06
you are extremely fortunate. However you are right and happily-ever after is something that you really gotta work for.
@everlastin_star (61)
• United States
29 Dec 06
My Grandmother passed away dec 11th her and her husband where married 52 years. My grandfather loves her still so much that he is refusing to leave Arizona because that is were she is buried.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
30 Dec 06
Love like that is hard to find and even harder to keep. You will probably not get him to move. Sometimes when couples have been together that long they end up going one behind the other as though one just dries up without the other half of their soul.
@kodeshkodashim (925)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Ridin off into the sunset together would be cool.Look at David bowie and Emon.Yes,It is possible.The real deal exists,ya just have to see it.Sometimes it's right in frount of ya or under your nose and ya don't even see it.I takes alot of work.So yes Virgina.. there is a Santa claus.lol.On a serious note....I do belive in real love.It's timeless and eturnal.And it's out there.
@Kscott (634)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Yes I do, I am still in love with my husband even more now than I was when we first met, and I was really deeply in love then! LOL! We have grown together in the last 15 years, and I think we understand and appreciate each other more, plus have more respect, which means more love! He is my best friend, and I feel like I will be happily ever after forever! I sure hope we live long enough to see 30 or 40 years of marriage...my grandparents just celebrated their 69th year of marriage this past December....69 years is such a long time....and they still are in love...even thought they act like their going to kill each other daily, but I think their old age is getting to them....grandma said she is just scared cause she is so old and she could go any day...so it makes her grumpy!!
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
2 Jan 07
I believe in happily ever after but i think with all the greed and self centeredness in the world today its very rare...I also dont think its something that comes easily either...just "loving" your partner isnt enough IMO..you have to both be willing to compromise, bend, communication is a must and growing together as well regardless of age...we never stop growing and learnng IMO and if you do it together it can really take you far....
@marriedman111399 (1207)
• United States
16 Dec 06
Yes some couples do have what it takes to be married happily ever after but some couples start out loving one another but then something happens and the love and respect is gone. I seen so many people in a happily ever after relationship but not mine. I dont know what to do.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
16 Dec 06
The answers come with time. Some people just refuse to allow themselves to be happy and nothing that you can do will change them or make them happy people.
@cutejhan18 (910)
• Philippines
15 Dec 06
actaually that question is really hard to answer because come to think of it HAPPILY EVER AFTER. it's really good to think that after the trials that you over come theirs a happiness coming (but how long?)
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
16 Dec 06
that's the whole "ever after" part. Do you believe that a couple can fall in love, marry, and live happily ever after. I don't mean never fight or anything like that just accumulation of more happy days than sad or bad.
@nuffsed (1271)
•
19 Jan 07
The thing is...Happy ever after is a reference to the future which can only be confirmed in hindsight. Yes there are couples that made it.There are couples that blatantly deserve to make it. There are also couples that might well have made it if something had not derailed the "love train". Happy ever after is something every couple at some moment, seem to see for themselves. So few make it.
When I see a couple that so obviously are willing to work together, consider each other, ajust their own priorities in a good spirit and keep smiling, then yes I believe in happy ever afters.
Because we want to so badly, don't we?
@mango_tart55 (26)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
sometimes happily ever after is over rated. maybe it does exist, maybe it doesn't exist. but 1 thing for sure, its a two way street and both have to work hard in order to attain such level