Everyone agrees that respect is something very important and that it is the key to a lasting marriage. Annie Gottlieb wrote the essay Respect: At The Heart Of Successful Marriage and elaborated on how people interpret this in their own different ways. She basically explains exactly what the word respect means and through what methods it is applied to a marriage. The author has made a good point but what I realized, while reading the …showed first 75 words of 543 total…

…showed last 75 words of 543 total…All couples and married people should respect each other so that they can value what they have. Even when there is no more "chemistry" between the two adults, there has to be appreciation and they should try and save their marriage, if not for them, for their children's sake. Respect is the thing that will make them realize how far they have come and that they owe it to themselves to give it another try.