"SLC-S24/W2 - Powerful Debate | Love vs Capability"

• Greetings •

With a very warm regards, I salute all the thoughtful soul gracing this unique space, most especially the Ladies Universe Community, a perfect haven of light, strength, and truth. I’m really honoured to participate in this i describe as an eye-opening challenge that asks us to pause, feel, and reflect beyond just the surface of love and loyalty.

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• It's obviously a prove that not all storms are loud, and of course not all silence is peace. Behind all the smiles of some couples, lies a quiet burden ache that words perfectly cannot touch. What do happens when love slips out unnoticed, yet the two people stay together _ bound uniquely by understanding, not affection. It is the reality we often times overlook in life. So let’s dive properly into the silent distance and as well explore what truly holds a marriage together which is not bound with love.

Is love essential to keeping a relationship healthy, or can loyalty and understanding hold a relationship for a lifetime?

From where I'm standing, love is certainly the soul of a relationship, while loyalty and understanding are definitely its bones. A body may do as much to stand upright without a soul, but of course it will be lifeless. In the same way, a marriage that exist without love may function, it may thrive in duties, survive the responsibilities, and even flourish in appearances, but believe me when I say something sacred is missing: the emotional spark that helps makes two hearts beat as one.

• I believe so much that loyalty and understanding can also hold a relationship, but obviously they can’t heal its hollowness. The act Love is not just about passion; it’s the true emotional nourishment that keeps the connection much alive, the heartbeat that only gives purpose to the shared journey. Without it in existence, even the most understanding relationship may one day turn into a quiet endurance.

What are your thoughts about being seen as the "perfect couple" for outsiders but truly having no feelings for each other and having a huge emotional distance?

In my perspective, It’s a painful irony. To the entire world, you’re a great masterpiece, but inside you or your home, you’re just brushstrokes covering a blank canvas. I personally think it this way as being admired outside while secretly aching is one of the loneliest places to be. You only smile for others, yet you mourn always in private. You hold hands in public for people to see, but inside you hold back tears in the dark.

The illusion of perfection becomes a burden as to how I would describe it. And worse, you can begin to doubt your own feelings, sometimes wondering if the emptiness you feel is even valid anymore, because everyone else says you’re so "lucky." But in truth as it's experienced, no amount of applause can really comfort a loveless heart. So what matters is not the perception but literally the reality shared behind closed doors.

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Is it wiser to hold on to peace or to chase what sets the heart on fire?

Peace is uniquely a gift. But peace without love is just a silence balcony. And silence can be so suffocating. While I personally value harmony deeply, I also believe that we all were not made to merely survive relationships, we were made to truly feel, to connect, to be known and be loved fully.

• So yes, it’s very much wise to protect peace in our haven, but definitely not at the cost of living half a life. If maybe something sets our heart on fire, be it love, purpose, or our passion, then it’s worth chasing. Not to destroy the peace, but to redefine it. Sometimes in life, true peace comes not from the avoiding pain but from choosing authenticity.

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Conclusion

In the end, marriage is more than shared a routines and public admiration. It is the one private echo of two hearts choosing each other again and again no matter the trials. Without love, a relationship may only exist, but with love, it surely lives. As such i choose love _ not the fairy tale kind, but the kind that will always breathes life into loyalty and transforms understanding into true connections.

• Please let us not settle for a perfect appearance. Let us strive massively for genuine bonds, even if they demand our courage and vulnerability.

I invite @whizzbro4eva, @bessie2023 and @yhudy to please come join let's level our thoughts 💭
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