Is love enough?

Is love enough to keep a couple together, regardless of what happens? How do you know if it's time to reevaluate the marriage, even though you love your spouse a great deal? (this has nothing to do with infidelity, if that's what you are assuming)Is love enough?
Absolutely not! Human interactions are complex and relative.Is love enough?
The reason why a man and woman get married is because they LOVE each other and want to spend the rest of their lives with them. If they don't love each other, then they simply shouldn't get married. People these days take marriage too lightly....they think marriage or living together in sin is only good for selfish economic reasons, sex or a good way to get away from their parents (move out) so that they can have somebody to help ';pay the bills, buy a house, buy a car';, etc..etc.. ... that's very immature and dangerous.





Marriage IS true love and commitment...and that is enough to face anything in life. United you stand, divided you fall.
Dear munkees81,





Yes of course it is but if your not happy or he isn't then what is the sense in holding on? Good Luck!
Love is a big factor but its not the ONLY factor. You can love someone and not be happy with them. If that's the case, either there needs to be some communication, counseling or maybe just a vacation or something to put a spark back into the relationship. It really depends on the situation.
Love IS enough IF you use that love to keep your relationship alive. I reevaluate my marriage daily. It usually means I need to refocus my energies back towards my wife, and remember how much she means to me. You say you love your spouse? USE that love to fix whatever is wrong. Use it as your inspiration to fix whatever is wrong with your relationship. Unless you find that your spouse no longer has feelings for you, your love together should be able to overcome any roadblocks. Love is like a living being, and as such needs to be fed,and nurtured daily. Love will carry you in the bad times, IF you feed and nurture it the rest of the time.
NOPE!!!
I think right now in this country and abroad, marriage %26amp; having children is a scary proposition.





Today, the divorce rate is so high due to no-fault divorce. If you have kids, for women - that means they hold all the cards. A man today has to realize that, love and ';the dream'; aside, the risks to men/fathers far outweigh the rewards. Check the source - some great books on just this issue.





Family court is tilted heavily in favor of women/mothers. Moms have all the rights, get all the benefits, and dad is too often relegated to a visitor in his children's lives while being an ATM machine for mom. He can lose half (or more) of the cash, cars, house, investments, etc... and worse - the children.





Seriously, if I had known then what I know now about how the divorce machine sucks in fathers, grinds them up, and spits them out so unceremoniously, I would have never gotten married and given up my dream of having a family.





With no-fault divorce (the biggest killer of marriage and families) you don't need an excuse anymore to get a divorce. You just don't have to feel like being married anymore - and with that reality comes the truth - a marriage is no longer a contract, so what's the point except to put yourself and your future at risk when someone ';doesn't feel like it anymore?'; With women (who have children) initiating almost 3/4 of divorces today (most men don't even see it coming), it's the smart man who chooses not to get married and certainly not have children... and that's a shame.
nope. u should have the same goals in life. if u want to get a big family and a house and he wants to travel and live in apartment it is absolutely clear that your relationships will be on the rocks and no counseling will ever help. sometimes goals change with time. so that's when marriages get broken - when they start wanting different things. happy marriage i guess is when they both live to make each other happy.
No, sometimes life gets in the way and even love can't help you through.





Hope things work out ok for you.
There are many facets to any successful relationship. Love is the foundation upon which it is built. Without love it isn't possible to build the structure of the relationship. It takes much more than love but since love is the base, the rest can be built with hard work.





You have not mentioned what is lacking in the relationship but one common problem is expecting the partner to be the whole world. Make sure your expectations are fair.





Good luck with a hard situation.
communication is the key to any marriage... everything else comes after the communication.
love is not always enough. there are so many aspects to be considered in relationships...as much as i'd like to say that love is all that matters (wouldn't that be wonderful), there are so many variables in our lives that can affect our relationships, so that no matter how strong our love is, it is not the only determining factor. sometimes marriages have to be reevaluated if the current situation is detrimental to any of the ppl involved (kids included). if there is a situation that would be more ideal than the marriage, then reconsider.





i wish u the best of luck.
Depends on how you define the word love? Love is work.. If you love them then you put your best effort inward. Being if that means compromising. Telling him he's right when really he is wrong (small things) Be willing to sacrifice. That's love.. to me that is. Good luck!!
Love is never enough, there must be acts of love, remembering past intimate moments. Doing something together, creating love on a daily basis. Remember this, what if today was the last day you would see your spouse? Even if its just a big hug with a tear in your eye when you tell him or her how much you appreciate all they have done, and be specific. You keep our home so nice, you work so hard for us to be here, dinner was so great, let's go out [for a walk, shopping, to see a movie]. You must fall in love again as much as possible, or each day becomes the same. The point being keep it moving, don't stop because your tired, stop because your exhausted!
No, love is not enough... You need SO many things in addition. Trust, respect, support, sexual rapport, etc. It really takes a lot of stuff for a marriage to succeed, specially in this times!