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A family begins with the coming together of two people. The home into which the baby is born is determined by the nature of the bond between these two which is revealed, tested and developed by the preparation for and then by the continuing event of the baby's presence.
Couples come together, stay together, or part for very complicated reasons. When you are in love you may feel that you know exactly why your particular partner fits you for life and forever. You may not bother to think, but drift or rush into marriage without feeling that you are making a deliberate choice. The state of being in love is not necessarily the same as that of loving. If we are lucky we may be able to combine being in love with a more secure and developing capacity to love our partner through getting to know each other, through sharing common experiences, finding similarities, tolerating and learning from differences.
Falling in love is an inexplicable given. Continuing to love and learning to accept one another despite moments of dislike, disagreement, criticism, moments of wounded vanity and betrayed trust: this involves work. It's a help if some of this is