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The man not only cooked, but he actually made good coffee. She definitely couldn’t set him up to die. Men with his talents were needed in the world. She sent him a sappy grin and slid onto the seat closest to the window without a word.
“I don’t live my entire life with the idea that everything I do should make you happy.”
I hear this often from friends who are unhappy in their marriages - that they aren't happy or that the other person doesn't make them happy anymore. But the goal of marriage isn't to make you happy, nor is it anyone else's responsibility to make you happy. If more people had the right expectations of marriage, it could truly be the kind of committed covenant God intended instead of a breakable contract dependent on transitory feelings.
He wished there was another word to use. People loved all kinds of things. Men said it to women everywhere, but then walked away. He could never walk away from her. He knew it would be impossible to lose the feeling that was so strong it shook him.
