Stop looking for a perfect partner. Just find someone who admits that they are lucky enough when they finally have you.

A marriage isn't just a pair of rings. It's a vow to trust and always stand by your partner. It's a friendship that lasts forever.

Rules Of A Happy Marriage 1. Never both be angry at the same time. 2. Never yell at each other unless the house is on fire. 3. If one of you has to win an argument, let it be your mate. 4. If you must criticize, do it lovingly. 5. Never bring up mistakes of the past. 6. Neglect the whole world rather than each other. 7. Never go to sleep with an argument unsettled. 8. At least once every day say a kind or complimentary word to your life partner. 9. When you have done something wrong, admit it and ask for forgiveness. 10. Remember it takes two to make a quarrel.

Find a partner who encourages you to grow, who won't cling to you, who will let you go out into the world and trust that you will come back.  

There are these little things you do like texting me, saying some cute words that really make my day. I cannot live a better life in your absence. Thank you for being a lovely partner.

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.

I want a real life partner. One who makes me feel like a valuable part of his team. A treasured piece of his life.

The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries; on the contrary, a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust. A merging of two people is an impossibility, and where it seems to exist, it is a hemming-in, a mutual consent that robs one party or both parties of their fullest freedom and development. But once the realization is accepted that even between the closest people infinite distances exist, a marvelous living side-by-side can grow up for them, if they succeed in loving the expanse between them, which gives them the possibility of always seeing each other as a whole and before an immense sky.