Masters of Love: Lasting relationships come down to kindness, generosity (2014)
I&#x27;ll quote Richard White&#x27;s answer on Quora to the question &quot;What was the worst thing your parents ever did to you?&quot;<p>&gt; Every day from as early as I can remember, they were clearly and obviously in love with each other. Even after 50 years of marriage they were still acting like two teenagers going steady. They always supported each other in everything they did or tried to do. They &quot;had each other&#x27;s backs&quot; at all times.<p>&gt; I have spent my life trying to find that same kind of relationship - and haven&#x27;t been able to.<p>&gt; They unknowingly set the bar too high, I guess.<p>Like Richard, my parents had an essentially perfect marriage for 18 years until my mother passed away from cancer.  They never fought.  Ever.  They were truly each other&#x27;s best friend.  I guess as a kid I just assumed that all marriages were like that since I didn&#x27;t grow up knowing otherwise.<p>My biggest dream in life had always been to have a marriage like theirs.  My own marriage just passed the one year mark, and unfortunately it has been a disaster so far.  I&#x27;m crushed in so many ways, and it&#x27;s really just taken the spirit out of me.  I hope we can fix it (with counseling) but I&#x27;m not sure if we can truly ever recover; I have too much resentment over what has been said and done to me at this point.