We can’t stay head over heels in love forever
One of the most wonderful feelings in the world is being “in love.” It’s a feeling of being in a rosy universe where all is right and beautiful, where we experience a state of euphoria and expanded consciousness. It’s a feeling we want to hold onto forever, so it’s really quite a pity that it doesn’t last very long.
“I remember looking at my newborn and feeling overwhelmed with love. She was so perfect, so beautiful. For those first few months, tears poured forth every time I gazed upon her. I felt I was the luckiest mother on earth to have been given this flawless little human being. I was smitten; I was in love.”
Many new parents gaze upon their infants this way, awash in indescribable feelings of delight and awe. Yes, they are in love with their babies. And this is a very good thing since it helps them cope with the periods of fussing, crying, and nighttime wakefulness. It’s hard to be angry at the object of such intense love.
“We had a fairy-tale wedding. I was a princess and he was a prince. We were the ideal couple and madly in love. Everyone cried when they saw us together because our love was such a beautiful thing to behold. I can still see it in our eyes when I look at the photos. How is it possible to go from that to where we are today? We hardly speak now. He’s almost never home before 10 p.m. and even then he goes right out again. We’re like passing strangers and the ocean of love that we once shared has completely run dry. I don’t know what happened.”
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