My feeling is it is very improbable that one will ever find the perfect mate. It is wonderful to think you have, but it unlikely. So that leaves us married folks to work through the changes that must occur in any relationship.

The respect I have for my wife has grown because she is so damn sweet. I know she is not the perfect mate for me. We are interested in very different things. We go our own ways on many occasions and are very comfortable with it. But when I take a close look at her, and see how good a person she is, it astounds me. And heck she may not even love me as deeply as I love her, but when a person is so sweet... I got lucky.

Seriously, how can one not love a sweet good person? Even if she left me I could not stop loving her. And I would be happy if it made her happy not to have me around because she deserves the best.