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I don't know anyone who is open about being unhappy in their marriage. That doesn't mean they all are happy, just that they don't go around broadcasting anything otherwise. I'm happy in mine!
I’m happy in mine! We have ups and downs because life is stressful and hard, but he isn’t one of those stressors.
I’d say a good half of my friends have happy marriages, with enjoyment and respect and durability to weather the hard times. I can think of a few very dysfunctional ones that still seem to work, and another handful of couples who I’d say are resigned to one another. But I wouldn’t call those the norm.
I think there is a vast range of answers here. Marriage is about ups and down, like a job. Sometimes it's great, sometimes not, and sometimes you get to the point where it's time to end it. To expect marriages to be consistently "happy" is to really misunderstand the whole reality of what it means to be married.
Mine is awesome. Wouldn’t trade her for the world. I know plenty of people who are happy, or seem that way but I can only truly speak for my own. We have our struggles but in a lot of ways they’re only struggles because we both care. If we didn’t we’d take the easy way out and split up. And then likely both regret it.
I think there is a vast range of answers here. Marriage is about ups and down, like a job. Sometimes it's great, sometimes not, and sometimes you get to the point where it's time to end it. To expect marriages to be consistently "happy" is to really misunderstand the whole reality of what it means to be married.
I read an interview with Anne Bancroft a while back (while she was alive, obviously, ) and she said something about marriage that was really thoughtful. Something like, "my husband doesn't always make me blissfully happy, but I can't imagine going through life without him."
I don't really think about this kind of stuff or keep tabs on my friends relationships like that. I know a few of them are married but I don't really pay attention to the emotional state of it. They're pretty quiet about their relationships these days. If I go by Facebook or social media; people seem to be on both sides of the fence.
But like someone already pointed out, every status has it's ups and downs. Married, single, friends, fwbs. Not every single marriage is 100% happy all the time, they may be happy overall, miserable overall, or somewhere in the middle. It shifts. It's not really something you can really generalize.
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) and she said something about marriage that was really thoughtful. Something like, "my husband doesn't always make me blissfully happy, but I can't imagine going through life without him."
