We sometimes have a glamorized notion about “falling in love”…

Yes, I completely agree with your comments. I appreciate how in the talk you refer us to, Agency and Love in Marriage, Elder Lynn G Robins discusses “love” being an action verb. And as we all know, action takes effort and the willingness to stretch our emotional muscles. It is hugely important for couples to be educated on this concept so that when they are facing the feelings associated with “falling out of love” they can approach them with a sense of it being somewhat normal, that many other couples go through these types of emotions, and that it is possible to strengthen a marriage when these feelings are dealt with and worked through. The fairy tale of “happily ever after” that we are bombarded with since childhood does us a disservice when creating our expectations of what married life is going to look and feel like. In fact most movies and stories we come in contact with don’t deal with the process of being married in a long-term relationship – they are more about the “hooking up” process with all of its accompanying romance, heightened emotion, sexual attraction, drama, etc. Many couples deal with an impending feeling of “Now what?” after the “I dos” are said.