I liked this quote

[Axtremus]

“Personal satisfaction” sounds more fun than “an ordeal.”

[Mik]

But ultimately empty. There's never anything but the next thing..."I'll be happy when....".

Still, ordeal was probably not the best choice of words.

[89th]

I read once that a good marriage is where it’s not 50/50, but 60/40 (or 80/20), you always want to give 60% and in a good marriage so does the other person. My marriage isn’t perfect, but that would be the advice I give other newlyweds for sure.

[Mik]

The best advice I ever got is make sure she's your friend alongside everything else.

[Axtremus]

@89th said in I liked this quote:

good marriage

As if there is a timeless, universal definition for what that is.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Axtremus said in I liked this quote:

@89th said in I liked this quote:

good marriage

As if there is a timeless, universal definition for what that is.

The Anna Karenina Principle.

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

[Mik]

I don't think there is a firm definition, no, but I do think there are some commonalities that most happy marriages share.

[Axtremus]

Notice the subtle shift from "good" to "happy."

Easier to achieve consensus for "happy" than it is for "good."

[Doctor Phibes]

@Axtremus said in I liked this quote:

Notice the subtle shift from "good" to "happy."

Easier to achieve consensus for "happy" than it is for "good."

Can you think of any examples of bad marriages that are happy, or good marriages that are not?

[Axtremus]

Ask the question the other way: can you think of marriages where the couples are "happy" and yet not viewed as "good" by third parties?

The royals, the gays, the interracial, the interfaith, the old+rich marrying the young+beautiful, etc.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Axtremus said in I liked this quote:

Ask the question the other way: can you think of marriages where the couples are "happy" and yet not viewed as "good" by third parties?

The royals, the gays, the interracial, the interfaith, the old+rich marrying the young+beautiful, etc.

If I wanted to play word games I'd be logged into Squaredle