Martin & Gina, Cliff & Claire, George & Weezy… They are a few television couples, that we all look up too. We see so much love from them, that we overlook the fact it's all TV.
The truth is we can, joke like Martin & Gina and love like George & Weezy, but understand that it will be real life up's and down's. Life isn't going to be friends over the house everyday, or singing around the house. Now don't get me wrong, every now and then friends will be around and you may have random song and dance breaks, but that isn't a everyday thing.
Cliff and Claire had us all feeling, we can have it all, but let's look closer. Cliff was a doctor,a career that takes a person away from home all the time. And Claire a lawyer, another career that comes with long day's and nights. This power couple had 5 kids and two careers that keeps you away from home a lot. We never really seen Cliff and Claire have a real life fight. Even with jobs as a lawyer and doctor, money would became a problem at some point. Claire and Cliff had a home to pay for, 5 kids (even when they were grown) then you add on Olivia and cousin Pam, helping with the twin grandkids and paying off schools. With all of that, we never seen the disagreement about money. Or what about time spent together, that has to do something to a relationship when it isn't any time left in the day, to be with your husband or wife.
The point of this blog isn't to say that the television shows we all love, are wrong. Because their not, they teach us to love and care for our family and friends. They teach us that not all black marriages fail. However they don't give us all the facts, we need to keep our marriages together. Understand getting married will not fix everything, or make all your problems go away. You will have up's and down's, and drama in between. It will be days you want to run away and never look back, but keep in mind with every bad day it will be 5 or more great one's. And you can have it all, you just have to work to get it and keep it.
Like anything else take the lessons from the show, not try to model your life after it.
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