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What does it mean?
Endurance in a relationship suggests there is inherent value and compatibility between the partners.
In plain terms
The fact that you stayed together this long means you must have good things together.
What can you take from it?
Time together is a sign of relationship strength.

Where it applies

  • marriage counseling
  • anniversary reflections
  • relationship advice

Putting it to work

  • assessing long-term partnerships
  • validating relationship efforts

Questions to consider

  • Does staying together always mean it is working?
  • What else proves a relationship is good?

Another view

Length of time does not guarantee quality or happiness.

More from Linda McCartney

  1. We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind of people to live together permanently.

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  2. We might plan a trip to London. Then it is a sunny day and we want to stay at home.

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  3. We are really on top of one another at the moment and I think it is amazing how we stay so close. Maybe that's the test. Why not totally put yourself together,…

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