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Did you marry your great love?

222 replies

IsThisMeToo · 10/02/2018 21:10

Why?

Why not?

How is your life now?

OP posts:
HoarseMackerel · 10/02/2018 21:13

No, definitely not!
I married the man that I was going out with at the time I thought I should get married.
We're divorced now but I've got two fantastic children.
I feel the best is yet to come relationship wise.....

TopBitchoftheWitches · 10/02/2018 21:15

Nope, he decided to beat the shit out of me one weekend. After two years together. Hate him now.

MincemeatTart · 10/02/2018 21:15

I did. I was once told you,shouldn’t marry someone because you felt you could live with them forever but rather because you felt you couldn’t live without them. We’re now growing old together and planning for the next 30 years together.

MadMags · 10/02/2018 21:17

100% yes.

fantasmasgoria1 · 10/02/2018 21:17

No I didn’t but I have met the love of my life, my best friend and soul mate and we are getting married!

FlopsyMcDoodle · 10/02/2018 21:17

No, he was my great love but I wasn’t his. I’m now married to a lovely man and I’m fairly sure I’m his great love.

CthulhuInDisguise · 10/02/2018 21:18

No because he was a violent bastard who left me. But even though I'm married I still dream about him sometimes Blush

PorkSpork · 10/02/2018 21:19

Yeah. 25 years now. He's perfect for me.

TheDailyMailLovesTheEUReally · 10/02/2018 21:20

Yes. We had a false start but got back together. Married now for 13 years. The first time he kissed me when we started seeing each other again, I knew that this was 'it'. I'd said 'I love you' to other partners before and meant it, but those feelings came nowhere close to how my (now) DH makes me feel.

Mummyontherun86 · 10/02/2018 21:21

Yes. 100% Been married 15 years and have kids. Still my great love. Still annoys the hell out of me most days Grin

AndInShortIWasAfraid · 10/02/2018 21:23

I married my only love, does that count?

RadioDorothy · 10/02/2018 21:24

Yes. 20 years together, 15 married. I can't imagine that there is anyone in the world that I could love other than him.

I don't know if I'm his great love, but if the actress who plays Denaerys Targaryen in GoT made him an offer I probably wouldn't see him for dust.

PurpleRobe · 10/02/2018 21:25

Yes I married my great love.

Because surely that's what we are all looking for?!

Extremely happy!!! We've sacrificed having kids so that we can be together and are happier than anyone else we know

That's kind of sad @FlopsyMcDoodle hope you are happy though. What Will u do if your true love appears one day?

NewYearNewMe18 · 10/02/2018 21:26

Yes.

Tistheseason17 · 10/02/2018 21:26

Yes. Still in love with him and will always be... he's kind, caring, considerable, romantic, tactile and a wonderful father.

Buglife · 10/02/2018 21:27

I’d assume yes, we met when we were 18, spent 12 years together, married at 30 and are now 35 and I think happier than ever. We managed (with a few bumps along the way) to grow together and want the same things at the same time which helps, so while we are both probably quite different than we were in a lot of ways, we are still very happy and compatible. The issue is whether this is because DH would have always been my ‘great love’ or whether the fact we’ve been together so long, worked at it and almost trained each other to like/want the same things has made it that way. We started off pretty compatible anyway but when you live with someone so long you tend to start liking the same things!

NoArmaniNoPunani · 10/02/2018 21:27

I'm not sure. My husband died 3 months ago. I'm only 36 so wonder if there is more out there for me

Keepingupwiththejonesys · 10/02/2018 21:28

Yes, I was 17 and fell absolutely head over heels in love with him on the first date. I'm 27 this year and happily married to that man and we have three amazing children. Like everyone in life there are ups and downs but my husband is always there for me and I know I'm his number one

TheDailyMailLovesTheEUReally · 10/02/2018 21:28

NoArmani I'm so sorry for the loss of your husband Flowers

AnchorDownDeepBreath · 10/02/2018 21:28

I think I've met mine; although we aren't married. I don't think I'd say no; if he asked. He's a hell of a man; and I've never been more happy or just totally secure in my whole life.

Yellowshadeofgreen · 10/02/2018 21:29

I married the man who became the love of my life. As the years go on and he comes through for me more and more each day, week and month I love him more all the time. I made a great choice and I didn’t even realise how lucky I was, I do now.

ICanStandtheHeat · 10/02/2018 21:29

No :(

But i married a very very good man who I do fancy, love to bits; he's a great husband, even better dad. My great love could of been useless when things got serious.

I count my blessings every single day.

I'm a very lucky lady but my story doesn't belong in a love story

IndieTara · 10/02/2018 21:29

No he dumped me 2 months before the wedding

maras2 · 10/02/2018 21:30

Yes 45 years ago.
Why?
Because he was and is my great love.

FloydOnThePull · 10/02/2018 21:30

Yes, it's fantastic, our marriage makes the good bits of life great and the awful bits bearable. I never thought I could consistently love someone as much as DH.