30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage

no sense of an endpoint

“trust your heart” and “listen to your head”—and they insist you need to do both.

You just have to love them because it’s somebody that you’d like to spend the rest of your life with.

When asked how to prevent a major blowup, a surprising number of experts recommended offering your partner something to eat. One of the worst times to have an intense discussion is when you are hungry.

Kathy’s message is that you may know on some level if the relationship is just wrong, but it requires listening carefully to the inner voice. You

believe that trying to change your partner after marriage is a very bad bet.

if no one else likes your partner, that’s a very serious warning sign.

You can never be absolutely sure that you have found the right person.

person came to you and asked for your advice about having a happy marriage, what would that be?”