194. The Godmother, Carrie Adams

" ' If Francessa felt the need to have an affair, it would be because I hadnt been doing my job. It would be me asking for forgiveness, not the other way around... Mind you, I'd expect to be given another chance to make the marriage work.'

'You're an idealist,' said Ben. 'Always have been.'

Nick took the next pint Ben offered him, 'Marriage doesnt work without ideals. In fact, marraige is the most ludicrous thing, if you think about it. Which two human beings can live together happily ever after without at some point getting irritated or just bored? It's insane. It's impossible. The 'love of your life' is a notion, it doesnt actually exist. If you go on holiday with your best mates in the world, at some point everyone annoys everyone else, yet that's not supposed to apply to husband and wives. So you have to be an idealist to be married. You have to believe the magic. If you walked into marriage with your eyes open, you'd start running in the opposite direction before you got to say 'I Do', because on paper, marriage simply doesnt make sense'.

'But your marriage works', said Claudia

'That's because I know I married the love of my life.'