First Year (dating, marriage, love, husband)

[mxxm98]

Would like to hear stories about the firsts with your significant other, year as a couple, and or also newlyweds.

How did you survive, get through. How long from dating to engagement, proposal?

[CapsChick]

It was nothing to "survive" or "get through." You make it sound like a trip to the dentist. We moved in together after a year of dating. We never got "engaged" per se. We got married after being together about 2.5 years. We're currently in our first year of marriage.

[BirdieBelle]

Originally Posted by CapsChick

It was nothing to "survive" or "get through." You make it sound like a trip to the dentist.

LOL Good point!

It's not supposed to feel like a test or chore, OP.

We WANTED to be together, and couldn't wait to see each other again that first year. We dated 3 years in college, 2 years in a different cities, then engaged 7 months, then married.

[funymann]

Originally Posted by mxxm98

Would like to hear stories about the firsts with your significant other, year as a couple, and or also newlyweds.

How did you survive, get through. How long from dating to engagement, proposal?

A year? Newly weds? Pfft!

Those are the easiest! Still ga ga goo goo! Still got that new car smell.

[melovescookies]

I've been with my husband 12 years. We moved in together after a year and a half together and got married after three years.

The first year we were together was the best year of my life. There was nothing to survive because everything was amazing. I know it sounds cheesy but the feeling of falling in love really is magical. It the first year feels like work than the relationship is doomed.

The first year of marriage didn't really change our relationship because we already lived together for several years before.

Surviving the first year after a baby is born has been the hardest part of my marriage.