How many of you are happily married?

Question

How long have you been married, and how old were you when you married? Just curious since there are SOOO many more posts about broken marriages and sadness. We need a little sunshine and happiness here!

Answer 1

I guess you could say I'm happily married. It's not the blissful everything's-coming-up-roses kind of happy that so many romantics think of, but life is definitely good and our relationship works very well. We have our fights and arguments and occasionally I wonder what we DO have in common (he swears he likes camping and hiking and stuff, but he only seems to really enjoy it if we do it with a group of people...if it's just the two of us he doesn't seem to have as much fun). And we both realize that many of our fights are stupid arguments about nothing because one of us is tired or hormonal or stressed. I think too many people romanticize marriage and expect happily ever after to come with little or no effort on their part. They tend to forget that being married makes your partner family and that it is normal and healthy for families (and couples) to disagree and argue on occasion and that at times you might not necessarily *like* each other very much. My husband is possibly the only person I've been able to show my really ugly side to and in spite of that he still finds something in me that's worth loving, even when I'm ugly to him. For that I am truly grateful. And I've certainly seen his not-so-pretty side too. We've had some rough and troubled times. There were times when I wondered why we ever got together in the first place and times when I wasn't sure we would be able to keep it together. But we're both stubborn and committed to making this thing work. Neither one of us was willing to be the one to call it to an end...which really only left us with the option of getting over ourselves and our issues and making up.

We've been married 7 1/2 years now and have been together for a total of 10, almost 11, years. We married very young, I was only 18 and he was 21.

Answer 2

I agree! Bring on the sunshine! Lol. But really, it's so sad how many broken marriages there are.
Me and my husband got married when we were both 21. We were together for three years before that and friends two years before that. Let's see, we're coming up on 4 1/2 years in december and still going strong. We're very happy together. I couldn't imagine my life without him.

Answer 3

I've been married to my hubby for 5 yrs. now, we were both 38 when we got married. We have a very happy marriage! The sad part about marriage today is people give up too easy...we both were married before for many years but we both had married young. I don't think people should get married so young because they don't know what they want out of life and they don't know what they want for real in a partner. At this stage in our lives we have both experienced life and know what we want and don't want in a relationship and we are both much more considerate towards each other. Marriage is much better when you are older and settled and know what you want out of life!!

Answer 4

I'm happily married now that I finally learned how to do it!
Wish I had known years ago what I learned in just a few short weeks about relating. The information is simple but doing it may be hard at first - stuff like 100%, total, truthful honesty - no more criticism or cruel jokes - being just as polite as the first date - more intimacy and affection (instead of less and less) and other fun/enjoyable things.

It helps if both partners are learning and using the same relationship techniques for each other.

jim

Answer 5

I appreciate the your question. I totally agree that we need more positive things to celebrate.

I have always been a romantic. I feel very fortunate to have found my soul mate.
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We've been married just over 3 years. She was 23 and I was 24.

We love each other more than anything. We laugh together, make fun of each other, and argue sometimes. We support each other, plan our lives together, and agree that the "D" word is not in our vocabulary.

I really hope more people can find true love. There's nothing like it.

Answer 6

I have been married for 13 years to my husband and I am very happy. I was only 16 but I knew it was love at first sight. There are people out here who are lucky like me but I hear a lot of the bad stuff more often.

Answer 7

I am happily married. We have been married ten years in January and were both 22 when we got married. It is good to hear some positive stories. All the best for married bliss.

Answer 8

SUPER HAPPY : )

We've been married 5 years. I was married 1 month before the 27th birthday and he closer to 28.

We had a baby 9 months ago at 31 and 32.

Answer 9

My husband and I started dating at 15, moved in together at 18, got married at 21, and we are still going strong at 27. We have a 4 year old daughter and one on the way. We drive eachother crazy at times but couldn't imagine it ever getting so bad we would need to break up our family. I think people just give up too easily sometimes. Or when things get bad they forget about the good times.

Answer 10

I plan to be married within 2-3 years.