Chapter 16 - Of Love, Marriage & Lifelong Battles

I remember coming across a quote that said we should all remember to smile and be nice as everyone we meet is fighting a different battle. I like that. Lately, I have been hearing a little too much about marriages disintegrating and my mother saying that divorce has become "trendy". It is "abit" disquieting. The irony is that everyone around me seems to be attending a wedding every other week or so. What is marriage? I don't know. Sometimes it seems like a lifelong battle over money, children and a host of other irrelevant things. The pleasure of love lasts but a moment, the pain of love lasts a lifetime. For those who are still undecided, consider this. William Penn said,"In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife (husband), a friend, a companion, a second self."

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