Recipe Book for A Long and Lasting Marriage

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Someone who's married asked me if I can give her tips for long lasting marriage. Well, I am not yet married so it's not an easy task for me since it will not be a first-hand experience that I can share. So I asked help, to the first people I felt in love: my parents.

Divorce rates are racing the matrimonial charts across continents. The reasons are many but resolutions taken are none. So Superdhy created his concoction of things which I feel (reiterating "I") we all need to add in our relationships.

I asked my mother on their wedding anniversary as to why until now they are still in love with each other. She then gave me an old little book with the title: "Recipe For A Long Lasting Love", which I remembered having that as a calendar design last 2009.

When  I got the chance to open the little book, its format is as if you are following a recipe book and you will be cooking something.

And it says:

These following proportions should be used and increased as you spend each year with your better half.
  • 5 tablespoons Adjustment
  • 5 tablespoons Understanding
  • 5 tablespoons Patience
  • 5 tablespoons Loyalty and Devotion
  • 5 tablespoons Empathy
Mix these ingredients together and apply it daily in your life. When both the partners do their bit of adding 5 tablespoons from their side, the relationship gets 10/10.

Work on your marriage today and live a happy, fulfilled lifetime together.

Easy cooking, eh?
 



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