of social obligation or due to mutual love or for there children only?
2006-09-08 02:35:31 · 25 answers · asked by avinash c 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
All of the above. Marriage is like a roller coaster...you have highs and lows.
2006-09-08 02:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Royalhinney 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Married 8 1/2 years and been together for 10 1/2. We are very much in love, have a lot of things in common, have 2 kids and the sex is still great! Spending time together when we get the chance since he works a lot through the week is something we both look forward too and the fact that we aren't together 24/7 helps too.
2006-09-08 03:47:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be difficult for me to think how I could be more satisfied than I am with my wife, my marriage, and my family (two enchanting, brilliant, beautiful daughters). Since you ask, I am bonded to my wife because of social obligation, mutual love, and children, not necessarily in that order. Sure, it's not all perfection, happiness, and sunshine, but the good outweighs the bad so heavily that the negatives seem minor in comparison.
2006-09-08 02:50:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow. People just don't understand marriage I think.
It's not something you "go ahead and do" THEN figure out if you're happy.
I don't care HOW happy you are when you get married, you only get married if everything is right. When you decide to get married, you tell yourself, "This is it. I will never, ever, leave this person for any reason, no matter what happens!!"
When you think of it as something you cannot leave, you start to be a little more apprehensive about actually doing it (which is good, because people SHOULD think about it MUCH more before they do it).
MARRIAGE IS NOT TEMPORARY!!
And, if you don't love your husband any more, then that is YOUR fault. Period. (Same goes for men who no longer love their wives, and cheat....you're not really a man.)
Once you pick a marriage partner, you find a way to keep loving that person even if it makes you go insane. If this all sounds like too much to you................THEN DON'T GET MARRIED!!
2006-09-08 02:41:41 · answer #4 · answered by rod_j_clifton 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's been 9 years for me. I love my wife dearly, 2 children (sweethearts), and a major roller coaster ride! She is a wonderful wife, for the most part. Sex life sucks, though! She worked out regularly and really kept herself in shape for the first few years. She was also very sexy. Since then, she has gained a lot of weight and can't seem to figure out why I don't like to have sex with her anymore.
I stay because marriage is a lifetime committment that I have no intention of breaking. I just do my best to make it work.
2006-09-08 03:05:25 · answer #5 · answered by Leroy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been married for over 5 years. Sometimes I am satisfied, sometimes I am not. However it is not the responsibility of my union or my husband to provide me with any level of satisfaction.
That as well as happiness is up too me. We are very committed to working daily on our marriage. This has been a very rewarding time in our lives, because my hushand and I choose to make it that way. We are mutually in love with and committed to each other. PS- The secret to a happy marriage- Hubby needs to golf atleast twice a week, wife needs to be able to leave the kids with hubby for her down time too.
2006-09-08 03:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by fire_side_2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are married more than 10 years. Yes we go through lot of ups & downs moentarily you feel bad. Social obligation is one of the element that keeps you in bind apart from your kids. But as you grow, your maturity grows. We are more happy than it was at the begining when we did not know how to stay together and appreciate each others view. We are more active sexually and it is more pleasurable now . However it lot depends on personal ability to keep your sex life active.
2006-09-08 02:48:50 · answer #7 · answered by King 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This my third marriage, so do I get to answer three times? I am at a point in my life and marriage that I am happier now and in so much love it hurts. My other two marriages almost seem to be another life, because I was miserable and hated everyone and hated my life. Thank God, I was lucky enough to find my present wife, if it would not have been for her, I would probably be living in a gutter somewhere.
2006-09-08 02:43:09 · answer #8 · answered by loser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going on six years of marriage and in the same relationship for almost ten. We're both completely satisfied with each other. But we avoid the normal issues that cause many problems in a marriage/relationship. The three things that I have found to be most important to keep the marriage healthy is honesty, communication, and not fighting over money issues. (Fighting over money issues don't solve the problem, it's not like it is going to make more money!)
2006-09-08 02:41:12 · answer #9 · answered by Allan W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not married but I have been with my partner for over 10 years now. Sex is better than ever.
We have no children. Probably a good thing. Allows us time for eachother.
We truely love one another. And the more I'm with him the more that love grows. Everyday he shows me what a wonderful human being he is.
Sure there are downs and there are ups, but that's called life and will happen no matter who you're with or what you do.
2006-09-08 02:40:29 · answer #10 · answered by BlueChimera 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm one of the lucky ones, i happen to love my man very much and always will. I almost made a huge mistake not too long ago and he loved me enough to tell me we can work thru whatever it is that is bothering me and we have.
Our kids are part of the glue that holds us together but the biggest part is that we've grown up together, we married young, he was 18 and i was 20.
I certainly wish this kind of happiness for everyone. The world needs more happiness!
2006-09-08 02:38:37 · answer #11 · answered by koleebear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋