Immature love wants fun time, mature love wants a lifetime.

Studies show that 70% of people who marry their best friend stay married their entire lifetime.

To remain in love for a lifetime: listen actively to your partner, ask questions, give answers, appreciate, stay attractive, include your partner, give him/her privacy, be honest and trustworthy, tell your mate what you need, accept his/her shortcomings as who they are, give respect in all things, never threaten to leave, say 'no' to adultery, and cultivate variety in your activities to keep things fresh. You can never say 'I love you' too many times and you should say it every day. Even though you've been together forever it seems, you should still continue to 'date' your mate and find new ways to fall in love with them every. Single. Day.

They said it just happens once. That you only can love someone in that way once in a lifetime. That it can change your life when it ends.

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.