"Ideal" man and woman

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No one is “ideal.” Some are close. What the husband and wife can make happen is this: Exchange of vows firmly given, lifetime commitment, and constant sacrificial marital love transforms the lover and the beloved into their ideal.

What Jim said.

Norseman, great points and true.

I do think it is important not to loose sight of our standards/checklist (not that it means being totally ridged either) but keeping our moral compass about us:thumbsup: and as Grace, says have passion about, things, like our Faith and God’s truth.

Being with someone who is like minded and works with you in harmony, is goodness. Unless you can clone yourself or are extremely lucky, don’t sweat the small stuff like what restaurant to eat at, or what color to paint a room, or which stove to buy Those things will pass and you’ll move on to the next thing in life’s road.