The success of a marriage is not decreed but is built over time . I agree with the idea of my friend and colleague Orlando on the respect between the two spouses. Without concessions between the two partners marriage is usually doomed to failure .
From the perspective of my 38-year marriage, as the most important values I regard undying infatuation, patience, forgiveness, distance to oneself and constant search for new forms of expression depending on age, mood, circumstances etc. Besides all, amor vincit omnia...