Anyone here married happily for the long term?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do realize that people come to a “relationship” board usually to discuss problems, but reading things here sometimes gets me down. Anyone here been married happily for the long term? I’m pretty happy. Marriage is t perfect but I never expected it to be. We enjoy each other’s company, still have good sex, and work through issues that come up. Any one else? Would be nice to see successful marriages.

Together 41 years
Married 37

Same good sex, enjoy each other's company, and are best friends. Laugh and cry together. We even have a company together.

Has it been easy no. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope, I'm not buying that "happy" couples spend their time on the DCUM relationship forum. That's like me reading Colleges & University discussion when I have preschoolers.

Eh I visit a lot of threads/forums. I don’t have a newborn, but if a thread interests me I might read it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’re happily married for the long term until you’re not. It’s like flipping a light switch when it happens.

Yep. And I honestly don't understand what anyone "happily married" is doing on the relationship forum. So they can comment sancitimoneously on other people's posts?

No offense, but people in bad relationships providing advice is like the blind leading the blind. We aren't all happy in our relationships because of luck, a lot of us have worked hard on ourselves and our relationship.

Uh, you got lucky. No one wants your santimoney.

Did you mean “Santa money?”

I want Santa Money! Where do I go to get it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:44 years here.

Best friends, talk about everything and anything. We take care of each other, share whatever load comes up.
When he retired I thought Oh Lord, will I survive him ?
It's been heaven. We laugh a lot. Do projects together. When I gets on his nerves and he gets snappy with me I remind him it's just us. Do you really want to go there ? He says no.
He cooks, cleans, does the laundry and shopping. He loves doing yard work.
He takes good of the cats, doesn't mind if I sleep late which is everyday, loves everyone.
We have zero secrets. Open book, same page. I love our boring life.
LOL. I just asked him if he loved me. He said girl, you know I do.
Sex is private. I don't talk sex with anyone. My business only. But no matter, he'd NEVER EVER leave me for someone else.
When you have trust like that, your marriage can last forever.

So sweet!

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope, I'm not buying that "happy" couples spend their time on the DCUM relationship forum. That's like me reading Colleges & University discussion when I have preschoolers.

Eh I visit a lot of threads/forums. I don’t have a newborn, but if a thread interests me I might read it.

I pretty much never read threads about young kids ( mine are in college and high school) because they are not interesting to me. But I will sometimes look at this forum if a thread in recent topics sounds interesting/entertaining. Relationships are interesting.