Adults that have been with there partner since High school...Please answer?

Question

PLease lets me know what difficulties you had to endure at some point and how did you overcome them?

For those of you who do not fall in the requirements of answering this question....don't answer the question!!

Answer 1

mistrust was the difficulty.
we overcame it with relationship training which taught us how to trust and get along even in difficult conditions. relationship studies cleared up every issue and problem by showing us how to communicate truthfully, be friends, love, respect, relax, accept, negotiate, and most of all maintain good will during difficulties. we became best friends forever and were able to honor and carry out our wedding vows.

Answer 2

My husband's brother and sister BOTH married their high school sweethearts and are both now divorced. Sorry to say. My husband and I met right after high school but were still married very young (19 and 20) and have been happily married for 14 years! So go figure.

With my sister-in-law, the problem was that she felt she had not "lived." She was living in a small town in Montana with her husband, where they decided to move as a joint decision. But she left him (for no reason she can explain) to live in St. Louis and go out to bars and clubs and party with her friends. I think she just felt like there was a time in her life she had missed. They always acted more like friends than husband/wife anyway.

As for my brother-in-law, I'm not sure they ever should have gotten married. She was pregnant and had doubts about getting married from the start. He was deeply in love with her and would have done anything in the world to stay together. Now she is remarried with another baby on the way (their son is almost 18 now). She has moved on. He hasn't. He still doesn't even date. He lives for his son and is so scared of getting hurt again by a woman.

Bottom line, stay connected. Spiritually, emotionally, physicially. Share everything. Whatever problems arise, talk and deal with them together.

Answer 3

I married my high school sweetheart. We are of very similar backgrounds and ethnic wise and economically. Because of this we have had fewer problems them people who marry someone from a very different background. We have always had the same goals. The problems have been making sure we grow together... that one doesn't get too far ahead education wise. He has friends and activities that he enjoys and so am I. We are not joined at the hip. My feeling it is harder for my husband being with the same woman for so long.. wouldn't you think it would get boring? But he says no, so maybe he likes it boring or maybe I am just so exciting he doesn't get bored :) To us the years fly by. Financially we are very well off, mostly we figure because of the longevity of our relationship. Seems to us when people divorce they always have to "start over again". We can't believe the number of people with children under the age of 5 divorcing. Seems to us they hardly gave it a chance.

Answer 4

I think that it's a bad idea.... you need to get out and explore. Life changes A LOT after high school. You meet a lot of different people and learn a lot about yourself. Plus, you don't want to feel like you missed out on anything. I married the girl I dated in high school and now we're divorced. We both should have known better.... but we were young and dumb.

Answer 5

I have been with my husband since high school and our biggest problem at first was monetary. While I was in college funds were really tight, but we helped each other through the tough times and we love each other so much that nothing could come between us.

Answer 6

Money was the problem. I overcame it by going to college

Answer 7

I am married to my HS sweetheart. We have our ups and downs.