The happiest couples are the ones who have been through rough patches and survived.
To grow as a team.
To talk through their issues and come to compromises.

God & Man
The happiest couples are not always happy.
Sometimes they get frustrated with each other.
Sometimes they do not want to be in the same room as each other.

Sometimes they let their anger get the best of them.
At the end of the day, the happiest couples are not blinded by their love for each other.
They are well aware of flaws.

They have seen the darkest sides of each other.
They have stood together through the worst of times.
The happiest couples have seen each other cry buckets of tears over family issues and work stress.
They have been in intense arguments over the stupidest of things but they have never crossed over a boundary.
They have never said something unforgivable.
They have never reached a point of no return.
They still wanted to cuddle.
The happiest couples are realists.
They are not living in a fairy tale.
Their expectations are not unreasonable.
They do not expect their person to be perfect.
They only expect their person to try their best.
The happiest couples have been through a rough patch or two.
They chose to take the harder route and fix things.
They chose to continue loving each other even though it would have been easier to walk away.
The happiest couples know what its like to fight but they also know what its like to reconnect.
They are good listeners.
They are experienced in the art of sayingsorryand offering forgiveness.