I agree, respect and friendship is the key.
One of the most profound things I ever heard was “Would you treat a best friend the way you treat your spouse?”
As for hubby who threw away the CD, he was batchit crazy...on a scale of 1 to 10 of the worst things he did, it was a 1. Again, I married him for all the wrong reasons. I know it....
But, I won’t do it again.
I treat my spouse MUCH better than I treat my best friend.
That's a no brainer.
My spouse is in the house while I sleep and has access to sharp pointy things, ;^)
Besides that my best friend isn't NEAR as good looking as my spouse.
(Let's see, have I hit them all? Oh yeh...)
In addition, my best friend can only put itching powder in my underwear while I'm wearing them.
Sorry, Najida, I just couldn't resist. LOL