The truth of the matter is most high-profile couples get easily sidetracked. Increased visibility, extreme sexual temptations and careers that pull them in different directions and locations is often just too much for most couples to handle. Kate Hudson and her now estranged husband Chris Robinson exemplify a couple that has fallen prey to distraction. They were two people who seemed to really like each other. They even mirrored each other’s hip and quirky personalities. The look of being in love was clearly in their eyes. Heck, Kate’s famous family even seemed to embrace and adore their new rock star son-in-law and the couple had an adorable son, Ryder. 

Yet, just a few years into their marriage, they were reported to have major relationship problems. The point being made here is that love is not always enough to make a relationship work. If you marry young, before you really know who you are and have had the life experience to learn what’s important to you, it’s very hard to make a marital choice that can carry you through the long term. And if two people in a couple have demanding careers that take them away from each other, this will undoubtedly interfere with building a solid foundation, which is very necessary for a relationship to grow and get strong.

Marriage, no matter how "in love" a couple initially is, requires time, nurturing and attention. It does not happen on its own or overnight. It’s more than having the right feeling toward a partner, it’s about behaving in the right way toward each other. Marriage needs tending to and a willingness to consider what’s important to your partner on a daily basis, or the intense flame that burned so brightly in the beginning will slowly dim, fade and ultimately flicker out.

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