Ok. I love H for so many reasons. I've always worried that maybe they weren't the right ones. More of a respect, than a love. I can choose to love H. I want to love H. Can I love him more than a friend? I'm not sure I can say "yes" to that. I want to, though, so if love is a choice I can choose to. Maybe this is what my friend said when she said she could "make it work with her ex, but she didn't want to just "make it work", she wanted to be happy every day.
I remember my last counselor saying that arranged marriages have the same lasting statistics as regular marriages. Hmmmmm.....