Meli's world

As you may know by now, I am a sucker for love. I love love...romance, marriage and everything that grows from it. I think its so beautiful to see 2 people come together and become one, one flesh, one family, one life with hopefully one vision for their future. Having met my husband at such a young age, nothing was more significant to me then growing together,  and building our lives together. However, with all that I've learned from marriage in the past 10 years, by experience and others, I realize some of the most romantic concepts we have in our head regarding true love, are not only untrue but also sets up for disappointment and depression if we are not careful. First one that irritates me was made famous by Tom Cruise prior to his couch jumping days. Everybody, even if you're like me and never actually watched it knows this line from : Jerry McGuire... The popular idea that our significant other will be our "other half". The other term people use which ...