Your Marriage

[Bridey]

Is it everything you thought it would be?

Me= for the most part, I just wish my DH hadn't gotten sick. It has put a strain on all aspects of our lives. But, I love knowing there is someone there who has my back at all times.

[alabasterangel]

I don't really know what I thought it would be. I know that he's the person I'd like to spend the most time with in the world.. but eventually people get on each others nerves no matter how great they are.

[winofairy]

Jun 1, 2012 11:44:17 GMT -5 Bridey said:

Is it everything you thought it would be?

Me= for the most part, I just wish my DH hadn't gotten sick. It has put a strain on all aspects of our lives. But, I love knowing there is someone there who has my back at all times.

Awwhhh! That is so sweet :heart: !

I can only imagine how hard it is dealing with a major illness and how it can turn lives upside down and inside out.

Lots of T&P's coming your way. HUGE HUGE (((HUGS)))

[ridethelightning]

Yeah, but I had pretty realistic expectations. Marriage is not all sunshine and roses. Most days I wake up feeling very lucky, but some days when I wake up, I fantasize about kicking my husband right in the butt out of bed. But, we love each other, and we have fun, and that makes all the less wonderful days better.

[darkling_glory]

Yes. But I think it helped that we were together for so long (9 years) and lived together for a few years before getting married.

I love being with him, so being married is great. But it didn't really change anything in our relationship. Does that make sense.

Anyway, he's awesome and I'm super excited he's mine!

[sapphire bou]

I didn't really think it would be anything more than living my life with the one person who I can be with 24/7 and not get annoyed.

Maybe I'm not the best to answer this question since we've only been married for 6 weeks.

[glw]

Yes, definitely.

*cue sappy music*

[MissusTexas]

It's been so much better than I even thought... I think it helped that most people doubted us as such a young couple, and when we got engaged some of their first words were "Marriage is work" etc.
Ours has never felt like it took "work", just "maintenance" sometimes.

I luff him.

[winofairy]

I would definitely say that our marriage has turned out to be completely different than I thought it would be (for the better).

We NEVER had a fairytale relationship. It was difficult from the very beginning. It started out being long distance (met on-line) which is very hard and we both just sucked at being bf/gf. We were always on again/off again. I can't even begin to tell exactly how many times we tried to end it and for whatever reason unbeknownst to me we could NEVER stay away from each other for very long. We always kept coming back together.

In the past 5.5yrs we have gone through more shit than most married couples go through in a lifetime.

I found this on Pinterest the other day and it brought tears to my eyes because this exactly describes the way I feel about us and our marriage.

[Bridey]

Love that saying.

[lizo11]

Jun 1, 2012 11:49:21 GMT -5 ridethelightning said:

Yeah, but I had pretty realistic expectations. Marriage is not all sunshine and roses. Most days I wake up feeling very lucky, but some days when I wake up, I fantasize about kicking my husband right in the butt out of bed. But, we love each other, and we have fun, and that makes all the less wonderful days better.

This sums up my thoughts better than I could articulate.

[Trouble]

No I didn't know what to expect when I got married. My parents made it look so easy. I can and will admit that there are days when I need to have my alone time, expecially now that he is going to be home 24/7 for three months, or get aggrivated with him or what have you, but I love my husband, more than i ever thought possible and I love to spend time with him and I knew from the start of our relationship that he was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. He is also the only person that I can let my guard down and be my wierd, crazy self around and not feel judged.

[OrangePixyStix]

It's been better than I thought it would be and has made me realize I was smart to wait until I met the H for this, there is no way any of my past bf's would have been as good of a husband for me. I was only 6 months away from turning 30 when we tied the knot, and at one point in my 20's had written off marriage as a priority.

H has enriched my life so much and really is my perfect match. I feel even stronger about this than I did when we said our vows almost 3 years ago.

[Deleted]

I don't recall having any specific expectations prior to getting married. We've been together 17 1/2 years (married 15) so I feel like we're in a good groove. We have our bad days, but the good have by far outweighed the bad.

Plus, I think a good argument every so often is good for a marriage. We're on the same page about most things, but we still have moments in which we piss off the other and voice that.

[ILikeSloths]

I feel like I had very realistic expectations, but it's honestly even better than I imagined.

Of course, we have arguments about stupid things sometimes but it never lasts long and at the end of the day we're always there for each other.

I love MH so much, laugh often, and have more fun now. I know it's cheesy, but he's my best friend and this is the happiest I've ever been. We're approaching our 2 year wedding anniversary and I feel even closer to him and more in love now than I did when we got married.

[blondemoment123]

I do.

I laugh when people say marriage is hard work. Granted we've only been married 7 months, but it's been pretty smooth sailing.

[MyName]

We've been together 10 years now, married for 2. It is what it's always been...not exactly the easiest relationship ever, but worth it.

[shorty20]

We've been married 6 years and it has truly been great.

Honestly the hardest part has been the whole stepmom thing. At times I've thought to myself "do I really want to do this?" but in the end, the hubs is worth it. It was harder when SD was younger, but now that she's older it's gotten a lot better.

[wineenthusiast]

Marriage has definitely been smoother than the first few years of living together. We definitely went thru some rough times but I left him after about 6 or 7 years and didn't come back until all our issues were worked out (before marriage). Ever since then things have been great. We've still had some hard times with his injuries but nothing we cant handle.

I like what MarriedName said ~ not exactly the easiest relationship ever, but worth it. That definitely applies to me. I wouldn't change anything we've been thru, we've both learned a lot and grown from everything.

[boofly]

It's more than I expected. I love being married. :heart:

[honeydew1894]

Jun 1, 2012 12:34:43 GMT -5 OrangePixyStix said:

H has enriched my life so much and really is my perfect match. I feel even stronger about this than I did when we said our vows almost 3 years ago.

I feel the same way. I love that our relationship has been just as happy as day one, and rarely feels like work. Everyone I work with claims it is bc we don't have kids yet, but I don't even think kids will change us THAT much.

[Deleted]

I really wasn't sure what to expect out of marriage. I'd never really been around anyone who was happily married

I think I thought I wouldn't have to work so hard anymore, but I soon discovered that it is work. I know that Jay and I have had a lot of ups and downs, but we have become an even stronger couple. So far we've dealt with infertility, my severe depression, a move over 2,000 miles away, and other typical stuff and we're still here