No relationship is flawless.
No relationship is flawless.
It doesn’t matter how perfect the photos seem, how touching the anniversary posts are, or how effortless it looks from the outside.
Every couple who celebrates a decade, two, three, or more together carries a story that runs far deeper than what meets the eye.
They’re not just marking the passage of time; they’re honoring the quiet struggles no one else witnessed.
They’re remembering the nights spent in silence, hearts heavy with uncertainty, wondering if they could keep going.
They’re recalling the arguments that left wounds, the disappointments that stung, and the mistakes that almost unraveled everything—but somehow didn’t.
They’re still standing, not because it was always easy, but because they chose each other over and over again, even when it hurt.
They forgave when forgiveness seemed impossible.
They stayed when leaving felt like the easier option.
And in the wreckage of shattered expectations, they rebuilt something stronger, piece by piece, with trust, with time, and with a love that wasn’t always perfect—but was always real.
They’re recalling the arguments that left wounds, the disappointments that stung, and the mistakes that almost unraveled everything—but somehow didn’t.
They’re still standing, not because it was always easy, but because they chose each other over and over again, even when it hurt.
They forgave when forgiveness seemed impossible.
They stayed when leaving felt like the easier option.
And in the wreckage of shattered expectations, they rebuilt something stronger, piece by piece, with trust, with time, and with a love that wasn’t always perfect—but was always real.
~ Cody Bret
