Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago3 Signs of Deep Commitment in a Relationship
Deep commitment shows up through automatic habits that reduce perceived alternatives and protect the relationship rather than through dramatic gestures.
One of my late mother's widowed friends made the comment, "Finally I can have a scrambled egg for dinner. I'm never making another meatloaf again." And this was a woman who had loved her husband and had a pretty good marriage. Her grown kids were upset that when they came home to visit, "Mama isn't cooking anymore!" Yeah, Mama didn't care.