[Margaret Pilkington]

Less, you are right. Without marriage there would have been no relationship at all.

We have, like all other married and unmarried people in long term relationships, had our ups and downs....and it isn't just the piece of paper that keeps us together....it is the caring for one another....the companionship.
Sometimes I don't like the man....and I am sure that he feels the same about me.....(I must infuriate the hell out of him).....but when all is said and done I love the bones of him. Our lives would have been so much poorer had we not met and married.