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How can fidelity strengthen the bond in a marriage?
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Being faithful means that you can rely on me. When I promise, I will fulfill it, not because I am principled, but because I do not want to shake your trust in me.

If I promised to go for a walk, neither work, friends, nor urgent matters can prevent me from keeping my word.

If we agreed that I would solve something, I will not forget about it. And not because someone might be offended, but because such things are a guarantee of mutual respect.

Mutual loyalty is strengthened by the fact that we solve matters that affect our lives together, not with our parents, friends, or boss.

And when one of the spouses receives a proposal, he or she should say: I will ask my spouse what she thinks about it. In this way, it becomes immediately clear that the relationship is alive and that everyone values each other.

Loyalty is about accepting your complex emotions
Loyalty is also about learning about you day by day. Every time you learn something new about how you react to stress, fatigue, conflict. Do you withdraw into yourself, need time, or want to solve all problems right away? Loyalty is very necessary when our paths are so different.

Loyalty requires the realization that your emotions are your emotions, and mine are mine. You don't have to sort them out, you just have to let them be you.

You can be sad, tired, angry. Loyalty is not about following the other step by step, because it destroys intimacy. It is about giving everyone the opportunity to be themselves.

It is easy to be faithful when you are a couple in love, holding hands and looking at the stars. But loyalty takes on a completely different meaning after marriage, when you live your life in muddy slippers, with disheveled hair and things scattered around the room. It's your weakness that requires me to understand fidelity in a new way. Am I able to accept you as you are?

Any wounds in a marriage require the defense of fidelity: can I go beyond myself so as not to betray your trust, with which you have shared your fears, wounds, and all other intimate things? Will I be faithful enough not to violate your trust in me?

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