{"id":4608,"date":"2023-04-07T08:33:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T08:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/?p=4608\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T10:42:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:42:56","slug":"marriage-lie-kimberly-belle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/en\/2023\/04\/07\/marriage-lie-kimberly-belle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;THE MARRIAGE LIE&#8221; by Kimberly Belle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-marriage-lie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-marriage-lie-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-marriage-lie-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-marriage-lie.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>When I read this paragraph at the beginning of the book \u201cThe marriage lie,\u201d my hopeless romantic heart trembled.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;- You are my favourite person on the planet, <\/strong><\/em><strong>he murmurs in my ear, and I smile.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>These are the words we&#8217;ve chosen instead of the more standard <em>&lt;&lt;I love you&gt;&gt;<\/em>, and to me they mean so much more.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8211; You&#8217;re my favourite person, too.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When I got to the next paragraph, I said YES! 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