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I sometimes think about how other people have less happy relationships than mine, and that makes me sad for them
We're about to celebrate our 17th anniversary and we've been together over 20. I am more in love today than I was when we first started dating. She's the most wonderful person I know and I love sharing my life with her.
Got a partner who pays half the bills, does half the laundry, cooks half the food, washes half the dishes. Even without sex, it's an absolute win.
But you consume twice as much food, have twice as much laundry, and so on.
Economies of scale
Yeah but then zero of many things.
I may do double dishes. But zero baking and I'm rewarded with cookies randomly.
I may do double cleaning. But zero when it comes to buying gifts and cards for people, because she loves doing that. And I get to reap all the benefits.
Absolutely this. I suck at cooking but my wife is great at it. She hates doing dishes but I really donβt mind.
That's because I'm getting fat because I only have to do half the work I did before.
I can't imagine living with one person who likes me, let alone 2 (or more I guess, though poly isn't my cup of tea)
I know, right!?
I'm pretty introverted, and one thing I found surprising is that time with my wife counts as "alone time" for that =)
Same!
One of my fears dating was that id run out of social energy and she'd realize i was really boring. A few years in our relationship, I told her. And she said she thought SHE was boring me, because she never had anything to really say.
Now it's been more than a decade and there's no social battery being drained with her, and vice versa. We charge each other up!
She charges your battery - that's so sweet. π
you don't need to get married for that
Exactly, I had a cat for years before getting married
Or just live together without getting your official government approval certificate
In the US at least:
What if they get seriously injured? How will you have rights about their care? To go and see them? What if you have great insurance, but they don't?
Marriage has tons of benefits over being unmarried, right or wrong. Plus, I enjoyed getting married. I also enjoy being married. Life is hard. My wife always has my back.
Why can't you get similar right via other certificates?
Ask the legislature. Some of those you can get other ways, but not all of them. Getting married does them all.
More recent generations have much better emotional intelligence than previous ones. We're consistently getting better at things like communication and being aware of our own feelings, which makes marriage a lot better.
I always heard growing up that once you stop fighting, the marriage is in trouble. Which, frankly, is bullshit. The marriage is in trouble when you stop communicating, but that doesn't mean you have to constantly fight. It's possible to work out differences before they build up and explode.
It's still difficult at times, but yeah, marriage is rad if you both commit to being great communicators.
Probably because bc let's you marry who you want instead of an obligation due to being too aroused one time.
I remember hearing all the boomer "take my wife...please! Ole ball and chain" jokes growing up. I fuckin love my husband. I love being married. I feel bad for people who think resenting their spouse is the default. I get to touch butt pretty much whenever I want.
I think the key is remembering to be grateful that you can have sex whenever you want
I know a few people for whom that's almost definitely the case
You can? What kind of marriage is that? π
Edit: the only thing the boomer comments got right about my marriage is the lack of sex, other than that we are super happy and have absolute zero regrets
I have noticed that my desire for sex in general went way down after my fiancΓ©e and I got serious. My understanding is that what messes other couples up is that you kinda need to schedule romance after a while; at least, it seems like that based on how often my grandma took me on hours-long trips to Barnes and Noble as a kid until she got the all-clear text from my mom that it was safe for me to come home.
Whole new angle on the grandmother hypothesis
Tbh as a kid I only thought it was a bit odd that mom and dad seemed much more cuddly after my B&N trips, but didn't give it any more thought than that until I was an adult
Could have done this much cheaper with a dog.
Dogs rarely have jobs with an income or are able to make you tea when sick.
You can't fuck a dog though
The sublime difference between "can't" and "shouldn't".
You clearly aren't a white girl
Not with that attitude
My partner and I both say that weβre better than being alone. And we both LOVE being alone.
I love being alone together with my wife
I told some of my single friends I needed some alone time, and my wife joined me. And they said, "I thought you needed alone time".
And I didn't know how to explain that to them.
My partner will sit and read quietly in the room while I'm playing games and not interact with each other and it's the fucking best.
Same but with check-ins every 15-30 minutes. Usually a "whatcha doin" or a surprise hug or kiss.
I also love marriage. I could chuck my wife off a bridge some days, and at times she admits she deserves it, but 95% of the time we are having a wonderful time. 9 years married, 14 years together. Apparently a lot of people marry women they don't get along with and then wonder why their marriage sucks. Or have kids to "bring them closer together".
Or have kids to "bring them closer together"
I've seen it, and it's horrifying. Like throwing gas at a fire to see if it goes out, because it's not as though things could get worse if they're wrong.
I hope newer generations manage to ditch older, screwed up ideas of what marriage is and realize the value of having a beloved partner, rather than whatever the hell I see some older people treating their spouses as.
Oh those poor kids. That worries me a heck of a lot more than someone who never even googled "how to relationship"