Life will test both of you.
Illness.
Work pressure.
Family stress.
Invisible worries you carry in your chest.
The old pattern is to feel alone next to each other.
Each person drowning in their own thoughts,
unsure how to ask for help
or afraid of being a burden.
Support in love is not fixing every problem.
It is letting the other person feel that their weight does not land on empty air.
That there is a human field around them that can hold some of it.
Sometimes that looks like a listening ear.
Sometimes it is practical help.
Sometimes it is simply sitting close while they cry or stare at the wall
so they know they are not facing this part of the story alone.
Studies keep saying the same thing.
Feeling supported is one of the strongest protectors for health and happiness.
Love, here, is choosing to be each others safe place,
especially when the world feels sharp.