So many happily married signature lines :)

[gritsar]

My DH has no problem with who I am - someone that's slightly off-center (okay, pretty far off-center). He's the first person in my life that hasn't tried to change me, unlike my parents, my siblings, my ex.
He allows me to be me. It's the greatest gift anyone has ever given me. Every day I make it a point to show him how much it means to me. By doing that, I give him something he's never had in his life. Gratitude for being who he is.

 

[Holly O]

It doesn't say in my Signature line.
BUT....

we are both on our second marriage and are in total Married bliss after 7 years.

Total honesty, with one another.
Make each other Laugh Constantly.
Never anything to hide.
Open communication without Judgment.
Best Friends!
Trust!
Tell one another We love them Daily, and Mean it
Want to please each other.

I suppose I could go on. The gist of it is, We both met someone we Communicate well with and LOVE. And we are who we are and love each other for it!

I do not expect him to change or want him to. He is who he is, and I can live with his faults as is!

First Marriage and the father to all my kids Was a whole different Ball game!

 

[Tala]

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Well, DH was rather upset that he wasn't added into the siggy line with everyone else in the family. I don't have anything too gushy though, just a listing of the family (feather, fur and human)

 

[MandyH]

My husband and I are always honest with each other, even if it's not what the other wants to hear. We always take each others feelings and thoughts into consideration beforehand, and try not to do or say anything that would cause the other any harm. My husband also is THE most thoughtful person in the world. He helps with all the housework, he does the things that he knows I do not like to do, he fills up my truck, helps out SO much with the DD, etc. Honestly, he gives more than he takes but he has spoiled me so it's his fault LOL. Marriage is a partership that takes LOTS of work. And there are times that you may not like each other but you know that no matter what, you love each other. We have been through 2 lay offs and several horrible health issues with each other so I always say: "Marry somebody that can make you laugh when you're so broke you can't even afford a gallon of milk". So far it's worked.

 

[luvchicks8]

I don't have one but I should If I want another coop

 

[Elite Silkies]

He would go to the end of the world to make me happy and I would do the same for him.

Marry older, they already know what they want in life and have already lived the wild life.

 

[Chicken Fruit]

I just havent taken the time to mess with a signature on here, but all my others in other forums mention my husband and son. I use "you" in this but I dont mean the OPer I just mean you as a general group term

What is it about your spouse that makes you want to yell from the rooftops about how great they are? My husband has made every one of my dreams come true, and the ones he hasnt met yet we're working towards (a house and a farm). He loves me so much that he spoils me rotten, I have to stop quite often and realize he's letting me get my way and to be grateful to him for it. I can count on my one hand the number of times that he's told me no, what makes us work is that I realize what he does for me and strive to not take advantage of it in any way.


What do you do in your marriage to keep it so great? Love is a choice, it doesnt just happen. Ever. You might just fall into infatuation with someone and it might last a good number of years, but true lasting love is a choice that you make anew every day and in every situation and during every argument. Its really easy to get lazy and just not love, not think of the other person, not to be kind and caring. Its really easy to let resentment build up, to let hurt build up, and pretty soon you start to hate the person you married.

What is your best piece of marital advice? Pick a common direction and work together. Divorce isnt an option, and dont go to bed angry.

And most of all have respect for yourself and your husband, if your husband thinks its okay to belittle you, hit you, talk down to you, or otherwise mistreat you its your own darn fault for keeping it quiet. My husband's dad was verbally abusive to his mom during his childhood, drove her crazy literally at one point. Because it was all he ever knew He tried that ONE TIME and I told him dont ever do it again, he tried to go down that road with me the second time and I made it CLEAR to anyone who he respected or knew or was friends with exactly what he said to me- with him standing right there. It was a direction our marriage has never EVER gone in, instead we both made an agreement to go in a completely different direction, and always have.

We've been married 6 years, triple the national average for new marriages- and I got married 10 days after my 20th birthday! Both sets of our parents are still together after all these years, and all our grandparents died married to the same partners they first married. Smart people look at that and take any lesson anyone of those people might have and build off it.

I think there are two extremes in marriages that ruin them. The first is old conventional bible-thumping marriage. The kind that says the woman is lesser, the man is the final and only word, and the world revolves around him and he bullies or quietly demands his way around getting everything he wants when he wants it while meeting his contractual obligation to provide money shelter and food. I see that all the time in the church community and it makes me want to vomit. Why any man would want something so hollow, or why a woman would want something so seething with eventual resentment.

The other is the extreme that says "we're two separate people who are together as one" and thats just nuts. You cant live your own separate lives, working, playing, visiting, existing on your own and meeting in the middle once in a while as it fits in. I see that a lot too and its so crazy I literally start ticking off the days until it falls apart. Its so superficial. I think thats where most marriages in this country go wrong.


Aaaaand thats all the more I will say on the topic... lol.

 

[boaz]

In a marriage if we give each other a grade on a regular basis, there is always something lacking. There is a difference between sugary sweet comments, often termed saccharin for its artificial aspect I suppose, and those of aspiring to live according to elevating others around us. Monique and I are together a lot and every moment is not bliss; however, most of the time is great and we have made decisions to love and care for each other. Marriages where one has a low opinion of the other don't thrive and most don't survive.

Park is the most dangerous gear for our mind. If we are parked in front of any media that sends directly or subliminally a message that we can do better than the person we are with, it is destructive to a marriage. Sorry to be over the top, my daughter has decided to leave her husband because he doesn't do it for her anymore, we have to fill our minds with the good stuff about our spouses.

 

[chickensioux]

I am now and always have been married to my best friend. He makes me laugh every day. He has a wonderful personality, he's funny and is always in a good mood. We love being with each other whether it's working in the yard or just watching TV. He has his hobbies (wood working, etc.) and I have mine-animals! He is always behind any decision I make where animals are concerned. We just click.
Marital advice? Laugh....alot and don't fight over the small stuff.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Oh God I'm gonna puke.


Anyone know why divorce is so expensive?

Because it's worth it.



There goes my nice guy reputation... But seriously, check back in ten years and see how many are divorced.