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Kids aside, if you could go back in time would you still marry your husband/wife?

233 replies

TrialsAndTribulationss · 05/10/2022 20:00

Just interested if anyone else would choose not to or if I’m on my own with this one? Will stick with him for this lifetime though

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IvysMum12 · 05/10/2022 23:57

Yes. Married 37 years. Totally loyal.

Olinguita · 06/10/2022 00:45

Muchtoomuchtodo · 05/10/2022 20:29

I’d marry the man that I met, but not the man that he’s grown in to.

Same

Blizzardbeach · 06/10/2022 00:50

Absofuckinglutely not. No. I wouldn't wish him on anyone.

Freckl · 06/10/2022 06:19

Yes, though we've only been married 13 years so far.

mellongoose · 06/10/2022 07:17

Yes. I wish we'd got together 10 years earlier (when we first met as friends) then our financial situation might have been better and our only child would be our youngest of two or three!

Got there in the end, though 🥰

frazzledasarock · 06/10/2022 07:20

Yes I would.

Namenic · 06/10/2022 07:20

Yes - v lucky. There are hard times, but it’s good to go through them together

Odile13 · 06/10/2022 07:21

Yes, 100%.

MrsPear · 06/10/2022 07:25

No

Untitledsquatboulder · 06/10/2022 07:37

Like a shot. Best decision I ever made.

weegiemum · 06/10/2022 20:16

Yes. Been married 28 years, together for 31.

KimberleyClark · 06/10/2022 20:18

Absolutely yes.

1FootInTheRave · 06/10/2022 20:25

100% yes.

He's my favourite human. Been together over 19 years.

JaneorEleven · 06/10/2022 20:29

Current husband, definitely yes. He has been a rock through our marriage, held me up when life nearly destroyed me. Gave me two wonderful kids, and a stepkid who I adore. When one of our kids suddenly died, and life was not worth living, he gave me a reason to live.

Exhusband, also yes. He was perfect on paper, I naïvely thought. He had never been married, no kids, earned lots of money. But he turned out to be an abusive arsehole, and I divorced him quick sharp. I would never have considered dating a man with kids until I went through this, I learnt a lot and grew up a great deal too.

My ex led me to my current husband, 22 years married.

SMrs · 06/10/2022 22:17

Absolutely! 11 year anniversary next week and he's my best friend

Pedallleur · 06/10/2022 22:29

Yes. We met and in a few days I knew my life would change if I continued in the relationship. Would it be better or worse? Only one way to find out but imagine 10 yrs later if I thought if only I had gone with it and not took the way out.

bluefrog11 · 06/10/2022 22:32

No. He’s a nice man, decent dad, works hard to provide but I feel we should have split in our twenties. Not much in common plus he’s needy emotionally & I'm not. He doesn’t really make me laugh.
I’d love to know what being head over heels for someone feels like. I see other couples messing around & belly laughing and I feel…. Lonely. ☹️

Bllueblazerblack · 06/10/2022 22:52

Yes. We've been together 17 years and our baby was born last year.

User19876 · 06/10/2022 23:07

I’m really not sure. Possibly not. I’d choose him as the father of my children again 100%, he is amazing. He has some excellent qualities and I’m not unhappy but I’ve never been able to shift the feeling that someone else would have been more suitable for me. I also would have loved to have married into a nice family rather than the in-laws I got.

burblish · 06/10/2022 23:20

Absolutely yes - almost 20 years in and he is still the loveliest person I’ve ever known.

RainbowCat26 · 06/10/2022 23:33

Yes. We have fun together, make each other laugh, he is a good father, and does his fair share of housework too. I love him and would want to be married no matter what life we are in, we are a team!

beelover · 06/10/2022 23:52

Yes. We married very young, 20 and 23, 18 months after meeting. Been married 45 years now and still love each other.

LauraIAm · 07/10/2022 02:35

Yes 100%. We’ve had our ups and downs and not everything has worked out the way I planned, but he is the only person on earth who understands and loves all of me, he gives the best advice, he’s a wonderful father and he’s got great hair

WhoPutThatThere · 07/10/2022 10:06

Nope. Shouldn't have done it in the first place (although i recognise why i did), wouldn't do it again.

Golightly133 · 07/10/2022 22:52

Nope