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Guru Amar Das Ji explains in Ang 788 of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib the meaning of marriage to a Sikh couple: "They are not said to be husband and wife who merely sit together. Rather they alone are called husband and wife, who have one soul in two bodies." The four laava give the Sikh couple spiritual guidance for their life ahead.
Very often this husband and wife were no Darby and Joan. Their married life was one long campaign, whereof the truces were only by night. Darby and Joan appear in William Makepeace Thackeray's The History of Henry Esmond (1852), when the beautiful, spoiled Beatrix taunts Esmond for his seemingly hopeless infatuation with her:
The husband too was expected to love his wife as much as he loves himself, and honour her more than he honours himself; [8] indeed, one who honours his wife was said, by the classical rabbis, to be rewarded with wealth. [9] Similarly, a husband was expected to discuss with his wife any worldly matters that might arise in his life. [9]
Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting, production and recording duo composed of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) [1] and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). [2] Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, and Simpson in the Bronx, New York City.
The Prince of Wales has wished his "incredible" wife, Catherine, a happy birthday as she turns 43. "To the most incredible wife and mother. ... We love you. W."
A Vedic sage emphasized that the basis of a happy and fulfilling married life is the presence of unity, intimacy and love between a husband and wife physically, mentally and spiritually. Hence the wife is considered to be the Ardhangani of the husband as per Hindu tradition. Marriage is not for self-indulgence, but is considered to be a life ...
Since marriage was commonly a formal arrangement, [37] [better source needed] courtly love sometimes permitted expressions of emotional closeness that may have been lacking from the union between husband and wife. [38] Courtly love did not necessarily refer to those engaging in sexual acts. It may also have referred to caring and emotional ...
This love is exemplified in the affection of parents towards their children, a husband's care for his wife, or a ruler's concern for their subjects. Conversely, bhakti denotes the love expressed by the younger towards the seniors, exemplified in a child's devotion to their parents.