Painterly two gold wedding rings resting over overlapping chalk circles on a dark slate surface.

Original artwork, not a still

Mignon McLaughlin

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Lasting marriage, the speaker proposes, isn't a single act of falling in love but a repeated one. Feelings fade and return, so the partners must keep rediscovering each other and renewing attraction, while staying faithful to the same person. Commitment here means continual, chosen re-enchantment.

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