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September 25, 2005, 4:32 pm PDT

The First Year is the Hardest

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I too am looking forward to this show. I have been married for less than one year and it has been the rockiest time of my life.

  

  Hey...first off I am by no means trying to give marital advice.  I have been married for almost 3 years.  My husband and I dated for 5 years before we got married and our whole relationship was horrible.  About 9 months before we finally got married I had our first kid.  I know that our marriage was rushed.  Lets see..."getting married was the right thing to do", my dad was dying from cancer, and our relationship was still on the rocks.  Needless to say we were engaged Sept '02 and married Jan 4, 2003.  The first year was absolutely horrible.  We didn't really get a honeymoon cuz we had to come home to get the baby and my new grandfather-in-law was having surgery.  Lets say I was a little bitter about all that.  But after the first year things just seem to get better.  We actually learned more about eachother in that year then we had in the five that we dated.  We were already living together so that wasn't a surprise.  I know that there were times that I wanted to throw in the towel and say..this was a HUGE mistake.  I'm sooo happy that I decided to stick it out.  I have never been happier in my life then I am right now.  I hope that you will try just a lil longer.  I don't know ur whole situation, but if things are not abusive then I say it's worth the try.  U obviously married this man for a reason...lets see if that reason can outstand the things that are making your marriage rocky.  Best wishes and Good luck 

  

 
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September 25, 2005, 7:54 pm PDT

some advice

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I too am looking forward to this show. I have been married for less than one year and it has been the rockiest time of my life.
While I dont know what exactly is causing your marriage to be rocky I thought I would suggest a really good book.  I'm usually skeptical of books but this book is extremely insightful for us girls.  It is called "For Women Only- what you need to know about the inner lives of men".  by Shaunti Feldhahn.  This book was given to me by my mother in law.  My husband and I have been married since July 2nd of this year and things can get a little confusing sometimes.  He just deployed to Iraq yesterday and we had to make sure we had a strong foundation for our marriage before he is going to be gone for a year.   After reading this book I confirmed a lot of the things it said with my husband and he gained some insight into what is going on in my head.  Hope this helps.
 


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