#relatio

Never give a lousy person the opportunity to create lousy babies. ↗

— Roberto Hogue

#love #marriage #pregnancy #procreation #relationships

Such disappointments, betrayals and reconciliations were the stuff of married life, but she and Jack had gone through them before the wedding. Now, at least, she felt confident that she knew him. Nothing was likely to surprise her. It was a funny way to do things, but it might be better than making your vows first and getting to know your spouse afterward. ↗

— Ken Follett

#love #marriage #relationships #love

Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.) And yet: Don’t land me in one of those relationships where we’re always pecking at each other, disguising insults as jokes, rolling our eyes and ‘playfully’ scrapping in front of our friends, hoping to lure them to our side of an argument they could not care less about. Those awful if only relationships: This marriage would be great if only… and you sense the if only list is a lot longer than either of them realizes. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#marriage

Best (male-female) friends hardly differ from lovers, but not too many lovers are best friends. It's just ironical that you are in love and want to spend the rest of your life with someone who is not good enough to be your best friend. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#friends #love #lovers #marriage #olaotan-fawehinmi

Women who seek advice from single women about getting a man is like asking a homeless man how to be rich. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#funny #humour #male-female-relationships #marriage #relationships

Most women are starving to receive something from a man that they need to give to themselves ↗

— Sherry Argov

#love

Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#relationships #love

To love, and be loved, this is the greatest challenge that any of us face in our lives. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#acceptance-of-others #love #lovers-quarrel #relationship #self-acceptance

Love is an uphill climb, but once you know yourself and like yourself just as you are, it's all downhill from there. ↗

— Valerie Frankel

#relationship #love

It's a good sign but rare instance when, in a relationship, you find that the more you learn about the other person, the more you continue to desire them. A sturdy bond delights in that degree of youthful intrigue. Love loves its youth. ↗

— Criss Jami

#continuous #continuous-improvement #delight #desire #fresh