@dylans
I thought twice before posting it. I was not concerned about @RockChalkinTexas misunderstanding. If one has been married 20 years or more, I am confident it will be understood. I was concerned about younger readers.
The nearly incomprehensible sorrows and difficulties life serves up to married couples over a long marriage makes them all learn the necessity of a sense of humor about the worst of trials and the awesome depth of meaning of "Honey, I love you."
It is difficult to explain the difference between the fiery passion of "I love you," the first 10 years and the deep reservoir of shared experience and abiding respect and affection and devotion later on. It is the difference between Bill Self the day he started coaching at ORU and Bill Self the day he got his 600th win at KU times ten. Even if one could fully understand it one's self, one knows looking back that one could not have understood it back at the beginning.
Rock Chalk, @RockChalkinTexas! and hubby too!