Are You Married? For How Long? Does It Get Easier? 😅

Early next month we will have been married for 34 years..

We have a VERY good marriage.

Mutual respect, independence, dependence.. She can do things I can not do, I can do things she can not do.. Together we do things neither of us could do..

Oh and we still make love once each day, EVERY day.. why? Because she enjoys herself and that is what she wants. Only FOUR percent of all couples engage on a daily basis and far fewer than this engage on a daily basis long term..

So how are we doing? How do YOU think we are doing? Little hint - its better than you think it is and no I do not take one bit of this for granted because I fully realize how good it really is..

Been together since May 1979, and married for 42 years 9 months

You give and take in marriage

We've been married more than 40 years. I'm not sure it gets easier, but we have faced challenges together and they have brought us closer. As we get older and our bodies start to wear out, marriage enters a new phase of difficulty, providing care for whoever is laid up at the time. I'm glad we have each other.

1. All relationships involve tolerating someone else's nonsense. In marriage, it's just moreso.
2. Marriage does have its own brand of suffering.
3. I'm sure there are marriages in which are unconditionally led by a man. I've never seen one in the wild.
4. You'll notice that she doesn't say anything about a woman loving a man unconditionally.

I've been married for almost 22 years.

I was married for 25 years. At the end, I just could not "tolerate" any more.

Married 63 years next month. As for those four conditions; with only slight modification they could be qualifications for just living, married or single, male or female - although no. 4 could be somewhat debatable.

Leadership of a man 😂

We have been married for 23 years but we have been together for 28 years. I have found as we matured, we have let go of our egos and we get along much better than when we were younger.

I have been married for 7 years

Respect
Love
Tolerance
Trust and transparency are utmost features for a successful marriage.

Apparently I'm not ready according to these points, but have been married very happily for close to 17 years now. I submit to the leadership of my husband but there are conditions; he loves me, respects me and has only my best interests at heart.
I don't know why anyone would go into marriage thinking it's right to suffer or that they would need to tolerate nonsense? It seems quite a negative outlook to me.

Apparently I'm not ready

I've been married 10 years. It's ups and downs. I think for women though in the vast majority of cases it's especially challenging if you plan on having children. There will always be a power imbalance when your children are very young and most women become the "default parent".

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This is the only one I can really be suspicious of

Suffer like in how? Or from what?

We`ve been married 48 years this month. Been together over 50.

That’s about right on target!

I am married. My partner is perfect.

Wow....4 is true.

I've been married since 1986. I love my wife a million times more than ever, and it's killing me to see her health going south....but five years ago, I'd have told you it just gets harder.

I've never been married, but I would like to be.
Or, have a marriage kind of relationship with someone.
It would be just as much of a marriage, just without the paperwork.

Uh. The unconditional bits are a bit crazy. The only people that are not related in a family is the husband and the wife and that dynamic is definitely conditional.

I want out!

A long ass time. The whole dom thing is weird.

43 years in a common-law relationship. It does not get easier. You have to work at it and find common ground. Life throws many obstacles that test you in any relationship. You simply have to just work it out and find solutions. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. If not, you know you have to move on.

Whomever posted that sounds ill-suited for marriage.