Marriage

We've been married 37 years come February.  We have a daughter and a son, and 4 grandkids. We've been through a lot of life together, good times and some bad times, mostly good.  Have we had our differences? Sure, everyone does. But we worked through them and are stronger for it. We accept each other for who we are. We take on whatever life throws at us together. We respect each other's opinions, even though we may not always agree on an issue. We take each other's opinion and feelings into account when making decisions. We support each other. We are a team, 2 parts that equal the whole. And, after being together for over 38 years, we still love and like each other.

Besides, you know she's a good woman to put up with me for that long - LOL.  I got lucky.

Yeah, I'd do it again!

Been married 14 years.  Got married to my sweetheart when I was 21 and she was 18.  We meet each other for the first time just 6 months prior.  We have 7 children ages 2 to 13.  I wouldn't change anything.  We had our good times and bad times.  We have been through tragedies and unemployment.  I have had medical problem after medical problem.  We still disagree on many things. What makes a marriage work is LOVE and COMMITMENT from both people and what that translates to is COMPROMISE. 

If you want to be married and you truly love your gal and you are confident that she is in love with you (not just an infatuation) then nothing should stop you from marriage.  It is hard hard work.  It is painful at times.  You must be ready to forgive each other for weaknesses and mistakes.  But all of it is worth it.  Like was stated before good marriages only get better with time.

After 14 years of marriage I can see where we will be (hypothetically) in 14 more years.  Most of our children will be grown. We will have daughter-in-laws and grandchildren.  And I will be able to enjoy all of it at a young age (I will be 49 in 14 years).  So you need to think about long term goals as well. 

Good luck

Been married for 18 years now.  Have a wonderful family.  I would do it again in a heartbeat.  It has definately been worth it, even with the tough times that all marriages go through.  Transitional times in life bring transitional times to a marriage and one has to work to keep a marriage going.  WLS has brought another set of challenges to our relationship which seems to be weathering it and adjusting just fine. 

It is truly amazing how many people are staying together, even happily for 10 years or more. These folks are truly beating the odds! Just goes to show you, it can be done.

I've been married for almost 25 years.  Getting married was the best thing I've ever done.  Not to say we haven't had problems but yes, I'd do it over again in a minute.

Scott

I was married once. Never again.

 But Fritz, it's so different with each different spouse. But you're right there is the potential for it to suck in a different way every time. For me, it went from sucks, to pretty bad to great.