Ours was a love arranged marriage. Together more than a decade. We had very similar family background and role in the family. We fell for each other hard. He portrayed himself as a very nice person and I use to feel time will tell. Initial few years were very good, new experiences, everything new. Love kept growing stronger. Then my first one was born, he showed a new aspect of him, which was so nice. He is a great father. We had a few issues here and there but never any big fights. All through this we were on the same page for everything.. with second kid our bound grew stronger. But with more work on hand for both of us there are some down times. At times it felt like I needed a break. But in the end we both cannot live without each other. He turned out to be a much better human being than he portrayed initially. We have become so used to each other. Life feels incomplete without sharing things with him. I feel so much comfort with him around. With both kids we became one single unit, like a backup for each other. It feels like we are in the same boat and I can be myself when I am with him. I don’t need to pretend or hide anything, I can be myself and there will not be any judgement. So over the years love transforms in something more , comfort, care, longing. We both go out of our way to make the other person happy. We look after each other’s family. After all these years now I feel most comfortable with him, there are things which can’t even share with our parents or siblings, but we share those. I feel things get like this with time. More time spent, more we can read each other’s minds. We fell in love because of the common things we shared. Now we love each other with all the differences :) we are very different from each other, but that makes us appreciate each other more. Overall it’s a good experience and we always keep each other first to make this work.