This is what I vowed on my wedding day. It seems straight-forward enough, but at times I'm not sure I understand my role as a wife. When do I challenge my husband to be a better person, and when do I accept him the way he is? When do I take care of responsibilities for him out of love, and when do I ask more of him to keep him from sloth? When do I vent frustrations to improve our relationship, and when do I hold them in to spare his feelings? I suppose I have a lot to learn...
I thought, as an exercise, I'd find definitions for some of the keywords in the vows, in hopes of shedding some light on the mystery of marriage:
- take: to receive or accept (a person) into some relation
- true: firm in allegiance; loyal; faithful; steadfast
- honor(n): 1. honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions 2. high respect, as for worth, merit, or rank
- honor(v): 1. to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents 2. to treat with honor.
