Is Love Essential for a Happy Marriage?

Some people get married because of love but end with divorce.  And there are probably quite a few potential partners being able to live to old. So I am always wonder can ensure a happy marriage? Successful marriage is not so much a matter of finding the right person but being the right person.  It is a complex thing to communicate with the opposite sex. Just as John Gary said, men and women cope with stress and feelings in different way. In most times,   they are easy to get angry with each other because of misunderstandings. The challenge is to know when to bend and change yourself versus when to stand up for yourself. It takes a pretty flexible pair of people to make this dance work. Love is essential but not sufficient. Typically, marriages go through three stages: the honeymoon, disillusionment and true love. The honeymoon and true love stages may sound similar on the surface, but the difference is time and testing.