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First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage

My version of "Relationship Goals"

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First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage
Lauren Lamastra

“Relationship Goals” is a term often used to describe an envy that people hold for others' relationships. A majority of the time we envy a famous couple or a couple that seems to fit the categories that society deems “cute”. Everyone’s goals vary in anything that they do, but my “relationship goals” include having a marriage like my parents.

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A lot of the time when we see a couple, we don’t see what happens behind the scenes. We see the affectionate pictures, loving gestures, public displays of affection, but never the real couple. I see my parents every day, and they are as real as it gets. They are not perfect people, but they are perfect for each other. They are the right balance of patience, determination, love, and most importantly, laughter. They have this ability to laugh at the most insignificant jokes for the longest time. They bring out the best in each other, and that is truly what a relationship should do. My mom is a very upbeat, driven, and motivated woman… she forces my dad to get off the couch. Where my dad is a lot more relaxed, “quirky”, focused, and patient… he forces my mom to sit on the couch.

Together, they do it all. They give my sister and I the best opportunities to succeed in life. They do their absolute best to provide us with everything we need in order to not only succeed, but be happy as well. They’re the parents who drive you and friends to the movies, the ones to host pasta parties, go to every away game they can, give you money if you can’t make rent that month, and love you unconditionally.

They are the couple that dresses in the same style, make Sunday morning pancakes while listening to Motown, and have weekend trips that constantly enrich their marriage. But the best part is, they’re the ones to get every party started. The two of them are the couple that dances all night on the dance floor. That is something I strive for; a relationship that allows laughter, love, adventure, and fun; a relationship like my parents'.

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