Another marriage question

[TransformedSon]

Guys, sorry for all these. I am just trying to get all the godly input I can!

What is the best thing about being married?

[HisLeast]

Guys, sorry for all these. I am just trying to get all the godly input I can!

What is the best thing about being married?

Being married. :lol:

For me its an indivisible package deal. If I have to list specifics... here's what's just off the top of my head.

- having a person who's always on my side. A partner to lean on, or provide support for. Someone I can have, and who will have me. You know, I've noticed lately how true it is when people say "you marry people like your parents" because the relationship often feels that way. We take care of each other like our parents would. Love & sacrifice constantly.

- Someone to share the work with.

- Mystery and variation. Bachelor life, free as it was, was also annoyingly predictable.

- Someone to call me out on my bullcrap. What? Me? Imperfect? You betcha!

- Someone that loves me in spite of my bullcrap.

... thats all I got for right now.

[TransformedSon]

Being married. :lol:

For me its an indivisible package deal. If I have to list specifics... here's what's just off the top of my head.

- having a person who's always on my side. A partner to lean on, or provide support for. Someone I can have, and who will have me. You know, I've noticed lately how true it is when people say "you marry people like your parents" because the relationship often feels that way. We take care of each other like our parents would. Love & sacrifice constantly.

- Someone to share the work with.

- Mystery and variation. Bachelor life, free as it was, was also annoyingly predictable.

- Someone to call me out on my bullcrap. What? Me? Imperfect? You betcha!

- Someone that loves me in spite of my bullcrap.

... thats all I got for right now.

Thanks HisLeast!

I am actually surprised to hear the part in bold...The opposite seems like a big complaint of married men...That the marriage is boring.

[Buck shot]

Marriage being boring :o

You should come visit at my house.

To me the greatist thing about being married is having someone to keep me in check. She balances me in everything. She is strong in the things i am weak and i am strong in the things she is weak. In the few things that we are both weak, together we are stronger. In the few things we are both strong in,... well... making up is still great :lol:

If you let God be your bond in your marriage, everything will be better when you are married. Remember that He is the one that makes you one flesh. If you try to do it without Him, you will never be one flesh.

[tt1106]

Everything.
Seriously.
My wife is fantastic and we have been the best of friends for 22 years, married for 20.
The only bad thing, I can possibly say is she knows me so well, she can accurately complete my sentences. Sometimes it is frustrating.:)
But mostly entertaining.

[MyRock]

The best thing about being married is having someone to laugh with and share experiences with.

If the Lord wills, in 20 years we will have all these shared memories to think on together. I also love the fact that you pledge the rest of your life to just one person. As you spend longer on the marriage path, the Lord brings all the more wonderous blessings your way! (Mind you, I'm only just shy off 2 years on the path)

Wow, I'm all happy just thinking about my wife now!

[Jehu10842]

She's there when I wake up in the morning.

I don't know why but that sort of sums it up for me. I love being married (21 years). I don't like it when my wife is out of town. I'm just not right without her. I notice it the most when I wake up and she's not there. I hope that makes sense.

[HisLeast]

I don't know why but that sort of sums it up for me. I love being married (21 years). I don't like it when my wife is out of town. I'm just not right without her. I notice it the most when I wake up and she's not there. I hope that makes sense.

Yeah... I'm only a year and a half into mine and there's something about presence alone that's comforting. Having been an only child and living out of my parents house since after high school, I was very used to solitude. But now if my wife is away the silence and solitude is not welcome.

[wheatbread]

A couple of things to share and hope you may keep in mind.
Knowing that one of us crawls into a warm bed, and sometimes it is me. Never go to bed angry. If it can not be resolved put it off until it can be discussed.
Most important and the highlight of each and everyday for me, before my wife leaves for work, we come together and pray. During this time we share our concerns, our thanks and our hopes for that day. Many a times things are revealed during this prayer that otherwise may not be.

May your marriage be blessed.