Paul & Gean Young
Married: August 27, 1946
Marion, Ohio
Paul and Gene met at the Highway Rollerina. They enjoy traveling, boating, bike rides and just being together outdoors.
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Friendship is such an integral part of romance. The joy of sharing experiences- sights, tastes, aromas, sensations- will abound as a husband and wife explore and revel in the delights of God's creation. Having fun and enjoying life together is one of the greatest benefits of married life, and it forms a tight bond that can cement a marriage through the years.
Whatever you do, don't neglect this important aspect of marriage. Whether it be traveling to an exotic locale, taking dance lessons, sampling unusal foods at an ethnic restaurant, learning a new sport, doing volunteer work for a local charity, or trying some inexpensive activity that one or both of you have never done before, do it together! It will stimulate conversation, nurture your friendship, promote unity in your marriage, and keep your hearts aglow.
Spouses truly should be best friends. Developing common interests helps ensure that a couple will draw closer together over time rather than slowly drift apart. Best of all, it fosters an intimacy that goes far deeper than friendship, because it involves one of the chief ingredients of a happy, successful union- quality time shared together. In more than one sense, it takes a lot of time for a marriage to last forever.
What can you do today to begin building the friendship part of your relationship?
Come, dear lover- let's tramp through the countryside. Let's sleep at some wayside inn, then rise early and listen to bird-song. Let's look for wildflowers in bloom, blackberry bushes blossoming white, fruit trees festooned with cascading flowers.
Song of Songs 7:11-12 MSG
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