It's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works hard to keep things rolling smoothly, someone else sails along for the ride. Someone who would do anything to keep it the way it was in the beginning.

Jodi Picoult
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Marriage is a difficult journey that every couple must travel. When you fall in love, your life changes forever. Your perspective on life and other people changes. You want to be with that person every single day.

However, marriage is not all rainbows and sunshine. The relationship can be difficult at times. You might lose sight of how wonderful you are together as a couple.

You might begin to resent each other for your needs to be satisfied first. If you are both still in love, it is important to remember that it will never be fifty-fifty in a marriage. One person will always be doing more than their fair share, while the other person does less than they should for the relationship to work.

It’s not always the person who falls in love first, but rather the one putting someone else up on a pedestal that makes all the difference.

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