Marriage First, Love Second Novels & Stories

I kept on nodding my head in agreement. “Marriage is a sacred institution and anything sacred just as love has a supernatural drive behind it. Son, it is time to move on and safeguard the life of the fruit of your love. Time is ticking and please take an action before the end of the first semester. You are already late and the ancestors are not happy with your marriage. See what we witness, deaths after deaths is that not enough to warranty you that all is not well. Do not be a subject of ignorance. The time is now.ACT ”the talk was now becoming candid. I felt like I need to call my wife to the meeting.

“Our first marriage was supposed to last one year.” “I remember.” “I never thought we'd make it this far.” “Neither did I.” She smiled. “Now we're planning another wedding.” “A real one.” Maya laughed. “Our first one was real.” Damon looked at her. “Not the way this one will be.” She understood. Their first marriage had been built around an arrangement. Their second would be built around choice. She reached for his hand. “I want to make one promise.” Damon looked at her. “What?”

He was the only person known to this feeling. Seeing Kelvin not answering his question, Luliyah said, "But marriage is something sacred. Marriage is not something that can be used as a business proposal or contract, It's not a game." "I'm not playing around," Kelvin replied curtly. "Then why?"She asked again "I want to take responsibility for what I did last night." Kelvin replied. He only used the events of the other night as an excuse.

But I never agreed to that kind of settlement. For me, two people should love each other first before entering a relationship. And they should understand each other before they enter the lifelong commitment called marriage. This is not just a political way to seal the union of two families. Marriage is more sacred and shouldn’t be rushed. Besides, I don’t agree that this country is still underestimating women, despite other countries finally being given the recognition that women are equal to men.

“Because you're my first love and my one true love. I will choose you over and over again until my last breath. And if there's a second life, I will choose you again and again. That's how much I love you.” Tears fell down my cheeks, one by one. “You're crazy and stupid.” “I am,” he admitted. “If loving you means being crazy and stupid, then I don't mind as long as you're happy.” “Marriage feels a bit hasty… Should we wait a while?”

“Yvonne, I thought about everything between us, I thought about it seriously and carefully. I love you and I want to marry you. I want you to make you happy. You must believe me!” “No! You must have never thought about it before. Love is a thing between two people, but a marriage isn’t the same–it involves two families. I was too foolish before and thought that love could overcome everything, but after all that happened, I know it’s not like that. It’s not just about you loving and wanting to marry me, do you understand?”

And I knew he meant what he said. That's why I chose him. Once Mom told me one thing. “If you love someone and he doesn't love you, never marry him. Because there is no guarantee he will fall in love with you in the future. Marry the person who loves you. Because he will treat you like a Queen and you may even fall in love with him in the future. We can fall in love but can never force someone to fall in love with us.”

“Yes. Go straight to the point. What do you want? Why did you call me out?” “Let’s get married,” I said. No buildup. No softness. Just the truth, dropped between us like a stone. Eve’s eyes flew wide. She blinked fast, almost trembling. “What?” “You heard me.” I stepped closer, closing the gap she kept trying to create. “We can’t,” she breathed. “Why not? Am I not better than the man you chose after me? I was your first choice, Eve.” “First love doesn’t mean forever love,” she said.

We've written our own vows, both of us determined to make this marriage different from the first one. "Derek," Vanessa starts, her voice strong and clear, "the first time we got married, I promised to love you forever. But I didn't really understand what that meant. I thought love was enough, that wanting to be together would somehow make everything else work out." She pauses, her eyes shining with unshed tears. "Now I know better. Love isn't enough. It takes work and communication and choosing each other even when it's hard. So today I'm not just promising to love you. I'm promising to show up, to do the work, to be your partner in every sense of the word."

Harry questioned seriously. “Papa, money is not the criteria to love. Money is not the foundation of matrimony but true love. Marriage without love is a useless thing. My thought is to remain faithful to Charles and reciprocate his love to me, because love breeds love. It is so hard to love someone who doesn’t love you, who doesn’t even care about you. My ambition to marry Charles had never been aimed at his financial background but I think that nature is uniting us together,” Vivian declared.