The Fragility of the First Step: When Ye Are Not Yet Family, But Already More Than Two

To be a couple is the most tender and at once the most precarious state between a man and a woman. Ye are not yet wed, ye are not yet family. Ye but stand upon each other's threshold: when thou sincerely seekest a person with thine eyes, when with all thy soul thou longest to be near and to walk toward them, yet within, a fear doth tighten — the fear of unwittingly causing hurt, of disturbing their peace, or of being turned away.

It is precisely at this delicate passage that the unspoken and pride commit their greatest betrayal — they force people into silence. From the dread of taking the first step and confessing what stirs within the soul, people lose precious time that can never be returned.

THE COUPLES WORLD begins with honesty before oneself and before the other. This space is created for those who wish to build a union for a lifetime — and therefore are ready, above all, to hear their own heart, their own sincere feelings, and to cease hiding them behind silence.