For women, it must be a very big deal to have a very good relationship where you can put all your foundation through. Twice as much of this is true for men because they tend to think they are the ones responsible for a relationship. I try to look at my father's ideals and I suddenly realized how important for them to have a good relationship by starting good traits in themselves. It can be very overwhelming and just a thought about it would make me want to mold each man born in earth to become exactly just like my father.
My father lives what he talks. He never did once say something and then do otherwise. Whatever he says, he will do it no matter what. It is something that I still look upon to all this time. I stand in awe at how he keeps his words, his promises and his ideals. His strong sense of values and principles makes me think that all those years of scolding are probably the best years of my life to be disciplined by this man. Men should be this way if they want to set a good example and wants to have a good foundation in a relationship.
My father shows his respect for my mother who supported her right from the beginning of their relationship. There were no buts and no ifs between them. If my father speaks, my mother listens and vice versa. They both put each other as a priority and as a result created a very harmonious relationship. I am not saying that theirs is a relationship that has never experienced down moments however they just know how to absorb the blow and convert it into the kind of energy that boosts the family up.
My father accepts my mother for everything she is, everything she has and everything she will be. I guess even from the moment they said their "I dos," they actually created a bond that was stronger than anything in this world. Love is a very strong feeling that everybody must have been very fortunate to feel despite the hurts, the pain and aches, love is still the very precious thing that is ever given. My father is the living example of a very unselfish love. His love transcends time after time and space after space. Men in general should know how to accept women as they are by embracing their fears, their past and their pains.
My father always pave the way for my mother and is not full of ego to not want my mother's paving way for him. It just means they share a very good example of a two-way street where both of them stay right so they never have to clash. I always stand in awe at how they give each other time and how they value each other's perspective. I might not even understand everything they have gone through but for the past 26 years of my life, I was like living under the roof of love.