In Sickness and In Health and In Quarantine
Upholding marriage vows in confinement
I’ve always said you should live with someone before marrying them, but I never advocated for an indefinite quarantine. I am not a monster or a reality show producer. But for the past three weeks, every couple that lives together has been put to the test. (And every couple that lives together and has kids should qualify for sainthood).
The only difference now between the married couples and the unmarried couples who live together, is that the married couples (myself included) already made our vows. And under the most trying of circumstances, we are doing our best to uphold them. As for the couples that have had to put their wedding plans on hold, this is a good time for you to reflect on the vows you will eventually make. Who do you want to spend “the rest of your life with” and how will you make that life work, if the rest of your life is spent in confinement?
Not long ago, my husband and I promised to love each other in sickness and in health. Way back in 2018, we had no way of knowing that we were also agreeing to love each other in quarantine. People told us “marriage is a leap of faith,” but even they could never have imagined the scenario we’re currently in: A global pandemic that has forced us together, indoors, 24 hours a day, for the foreseeable…
