I don’t know what the future will hold, but for me, as a married person, the future is not a blank slate. By entering into my marriage vows, I have eliminated a wide range of possibilities: the possibility of moving around without considering my spouse’s needs and interests, the possibility of dating other people—the list could go on and on. There is no way to know my spouse better apart from considering that path, and my faithfulness to that path. The knowledge of my spouse, then, is a knowledge
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