Marriage

What is marriage, some say that it's an institution and others say it is a partnership, I think it's the latter, it's a partnership of people who think alike and have found that one thing that they have been searching for, love. If you're single then it's hard to explain this emotion but I'll try because you're missing out on something wonderful. Marriage is I would say is the rocky road to fulfillment, to have someone there beside you day and night, someone there through thick and thin, the good and bad times, your wife or husband is your rock, it will always be there. Marriage is when you have someone to help you out if you have a problem or just want to hear what your partner thinks, it's something that reminds you that you are alive and have something to live for. Then you have children which adds another element to your life because then as you grow older you hope that you will become grandparents and enjoy the feeling of when you first held your children in your arms. Marriage comes with problems like your children are having a tough decision to make, helping with your advice, perhaps it is not what they wanted to hear but they know that you tried to help and they appreciate it. When you have to leave your partner for one reason or another you miss the feeling of togetherness and in a way lost because your partner isn't there as he or she always is, maybe you argue about something trivial and don't speak to one another for a time but that soon blows over and you're back to normal life, that's the way marriage goes. Then perhaps one of you is sick and the other one is there to help in whatever way they can and give you sympathy as if they are feeling the same, it's when you're children are talking or arguing and you look at each other without saying a word and you know exactly what they think as if you were mind reading that's what marriage brings, you know each other, no secrets, no jealousy nothing that will spoil what you have built together, a family which perhaps your children see and realise that's what they want and try to achieve that goal, ok perhaps you have some bad habits like smoking or drinking but it's up to them to decide to do the same or not thats their decision,it's that small kiss on the cheek that makes you instantly happy,it's when you're partner has friends from work or from where you live and you don't, do you mind, no because you belong together and are happy for them to have friends my only true friend is my partner and that’s enough for me,perhaps it's making that first cup of coffee in the morning before he or she goes to work and it brings a smile to their faces. Whoever is married I'm sure you feel the same way and have the same feelings so as you can see maybe it's an institution as well, an institution of married people who are living happily together all over the world, experienceing the same things that you are, that's a great institution and I'm glad to be a member and never want to change it. Maybe I'm a sentimental old fool but I must write what I think and feel, perhaps marriage is not for everyone but with all honesty they are missing out on something wonderful that could happen in their lives and to those who get divorced then there must of been something missing when they took their vows in church and I'm sorry for them but that's what real life is like, it's a roller coaster and to stay on it you must be willing to sacrifice some things that you like or want because you don't want to lose what you already have, your rock, your other half, your partner and most of all the love between two people.