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[devina]

Before we got married, I'd pause from time to time and wonder if being married would feel different. I wasn't sure why it would - after all, we had the life together. We had the house, we had the cats, we'd been living together for years. Is a piece of paper going to make that big a difference in a reality that isn't glossed over by silly romantic

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Husban and wife

[margoeve]

I think, honestly, the sting of having to correct people about me being elkor's wife is high on my reasons for marriage. I have noticed a shift in everyone I know who has gotten married from saying boyfriend/girlfriend to husband/wife and I covet it.

[merina]

I love hearing him introduce me as his wife.

Awww. :D

I've been married 14 years and I still love hearing J. call me his wife or introduce me as his wife. It just does something to me that is indescribable.

marriage

[dancer]

"Had I gotten married at 21 or 25, I don't think I could be so happy or fulfilled in my choice of partner...how could I? But I would have had all those extra years with him. Ten years holds a lot of moments."

When Brian and I married I was 24 and he 23. I think it made our relationship different in that we did a lot of that growing up together and in relation to each other, which definitely has it challenges and puts an interesting spin on it. We've also been at different places at different times. I'm a year older, girls/women seem to mature faster than boys/men, so that's been a neat experience to see in practice.

Yay schmoop! :)

Re: marriage

[devina]

I keep thinking about how I was a totally different person 10 years ago. I also had a lot of ideas about what love and family meant back then that were based on the Disney version of life.

You are usually more down to earth than I am, even now.

[goat]

*warm fuzzies*

[jena]

You've put into words some of what I've been feeling for the past month since my engagement as well. That shadowy "something's different and better" feeling that just permeates EVERYTHING. Without the commitment, sure, there were words of commitment and we knew we'd be together and all, but now that we're on our way to permanence, everything feels so much more... weighty? important? significant?

Thank you for sharing this. :)