I think that the relationships with a shelf life are those that are mismatched. My grandparents were married 62 years and in love with each other until they both passed away.

If you've ever seen "Moonstruck", you'll understand this. Guys...you have to find the woman that has your rib.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.