What's the best thing about being married?

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And why did you want to do it in the first place?

Not married myself but considering it. Been contemplating what I want in life and trying to decide if it could work for me.

To be with.my best mate for ever in my eyes 22 years.married I was 20 the day after I married him he was 27 and bearing scars.of a unfaithful first.wife

Also means my children and I have the same surname as my husband family is my everything . Soppy sad whatever its how I feel

To be with.my best mate for ever in my eyes 22 years.married I was 20 the day after I married him he was 27 and bearing scars.of a unfaithful first.wife

Also means my children and I have the same surname as my husband family is my everything . Soppy sad whatever its how I feel

Sorry about.double post on phone bloody useless thing

Being able to send him texts such as, "You Fucker! How dare you ignore The Wife", when he was busy and hadn't replied for several hours.

He showed it to all his colleagues and they were delighted to see what a harridan he was married to.

We got married because we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and to have children. We had a lovely wedding and I am still bowled over by the spirituality of the service and the promises we took before God - I wasn't expecting that but it was very special and I have never taken my wedding ring off so as not to break the blessing.

24.5 years on we love each other more as time passes. Not saying there haven't been ups and downs - there have; learning each others' nuances, learning what we cope well with individually and what we don't. We have lost a child, we have lost two parents (one each), we have built careers, a home, raised children, etc., and largely we have made good memories - not necessarily big or mind blowing ones but ones we can laugh about and ones we can hug about - a few we are sad about.

He is my best friend, warts and all. He is mine warts and all. Every morning we hug and tell each other we love each other and every night before we go to sleep we do the same. He is my world and I knew he would be the day we met.

I have absolutely no idea. You would think I had learnt my lesson the first time round.
However, it does make more sense when DCs come along as it makes it much less difficult when you divorce.
And I have never been able to understand how they work out that married women live longer than married men with all the drudgery they have to cope with.
Married men obviously live longer than single men cos they have some sucker to clean up after them.

Because we knew we wanted to be together and wanted to show that in the traditional way .

We made promises before our family and friends in a beautiful church ceremony and had a joyful and emotional day to celebrate our love .

Nearly 20 years and 2 children later I know that being married is the best thing we did

( the ring of confidence as someone much wiser than me called it )

He's my rock , my best friend , my lover and my life .

We are on the same team

Hugs

Knowing we will grow old together

It just seemed like the next logical step. It's good to know that we're in it for the long haul. It also makes life easier when it comes to having children and buying houses.

Anyone who refers to me as Mrs DHname Surname though will obviously be taken out to the carpark and shot.

The best thing about being married is never having to plan another wedding

It's just so nice looking across the room at him and thinking, "That's my husband" - it's just gives me a really warm and secure feeling. I feel like (fingers crossed) I'm going to have someone with me forever. Plus we wanted to be married before we had children.

We had been going our merry way for 12 years, then decided it was the right time for children (y'know, don't want to rush things ) and we live abroad. Well, I live abroad, we are in DH's native country. I wanted to make things legal and easier to do things with dc once they arrived.

The country I'm in doesn't have the tradition of woman name-changing after marirage; dc get a surname off each parent, although now you're allowed to choose the order

I have every faith my marriage will last for-e-ver but to be on the safe side, ee got married. Here if you don't have a will and something happened to me, dc go to next of kin which wouldn't be DP but my mother! All very odd.

Had a small, simple wedding, lovely honeymoon, and life has gone on much the same as it did 4 years ago.

Oh, and I can legally have all the duvet because "I your wiiiiiife!" (Anyone seen Prescilla Queen of the Desert?)

getting divorced

You've got each other. Forever.

Thirty years on he still makes my mood lift as soon as he walks in the door.

It seemed like a good idea at the time

It wasn't. Frankly, it should be happy life long experience others have posted about. Pity, but there you go.

Its a bloody nightmare when it turns out not to be so. The trick is to realise and extricate yourself as fast as possible.

When signing any contract, marital or otherwise, beware of the small print and know how to get out.

Becoming a family rather than just a couple. Committing to each other for life. Obviously it isn't something that we cannot get out of but the intention is there and that is important. He is my husband and I am his wife and that feels good.

When it dawned on me that, 'if he asks me to marry him, I'll say yes'. Whereas prior to that I didn't want to get married to anyone. I just didn't fancy it. (No not even the bloke I had been going out with for 8 years from my teens to early twenties).

There was just something about my husband that made me see the future as a couple. That we would cope with all that life throws at us together.

(We're just a perfect couple aren't we ? )

It ties up all the legal stuff!

I would never have children if unmarried.

Hoover bag needed

My wife...my wife....my wife
Nookie gets better
Kids make me proud
My son in long term relationship with Clone of my wife
OH indulging my expensive hobby and never nagging me to sell it
My FIl not approving of me in the early days sitting down with me this Xmas saying that he will die contented knowing i,m doing a Great job with his daughter,I was gobsmacked.
Having someone I trust to confide in.

Security.

I love him, I can't imagine not being together.
Marriage changed nothing, the wedding was v small but it still makes me smile when I say 'my husband'

God only knows

commitment, company, security,
there are ups and downs, you just have to be sure you know you are marrying the right person - you share the same values, have the same outlook on life, so that when tough times come you have a solid thing going.

For me, marriage was our statement of commitment to each other before we bought our first home and had our kids. It was important for me to get that commitment and the legal protection it offers before we really entangled ourselves any further.

Obviously it could be undone one day but it was a statement of our intent, which was important to both of us and our families.

The best thing is a lot of what everyone else said, it's so much better than just being boyfriend and girlfriend.
The financial aspect of it isn't important to me, but being next of kin, each others family, those vows, sense of contentment, security etc. and never having to plan a wedding again!