The web of marriage is made by propinquity, in the day to day living side by side, looking outward in the same direction. It is woven in space and in time of the substance of life itself.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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The web of marriage is made by propinquity, in the day to day living side by side, looking outward in the same direction. It is woven in space and in time of the substance of life itself. In this quote, John Winthrop, a Puritan minister who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony, is speaking about the importance of proximity in marriage. Close proximity means that you can see your spouse every day.

That you are constantly interacting with them. Proximity is one reason that marriage works. Another reason that people get married is to avoid loneliness or to create a family for themselves.

They see marriage as an investment that will pay off over the course of their lives.

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