re: Is anyone else happily married to someone you love and generally happy in life?

20 years of marriage and 2 kids. We are best friends. She is a great woman.

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Is anyone else happily married to someone you love and generally happy in life?

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Yes, I am happily married. We argue sometimes, but any married couple who says they don't ever fight is just lying to themselves. We are really similar but also really different. I'm extremely emotional, he isn't at all.

I fight with my kid, but he's the only one I have so he got a little to spoiled. We are working on budgeting with him and not letting him just demand things all the time. Only child/grandchild syndrome I guess.

Overall happiness, I work on it. Lots of trauma in my life, but I've learned its ok to just have bad days and am actively working to set boundaries with the people who are becoming toxic, friends and coworkers.

I have a lot of good around that MUCH outweighs the bad.

My wife and I have been married 61 years. God brought us through some very tough times. I don't have time to name all the challenges we faced - stroke, breast cancer, open heart surgery, broken bones, death of a child, only son battling cancer now - but trusting God is the answer to making it through tough times. Hebrews 4:16 - "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

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We have been planning the upcoming empty nest phase of our lives in the next 3 years or so lately.

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Hope it works out for you when the time comes. Just be aware that kids can be like boomerangs------they like to return from time to time.

Seems some of them don't like, or have what it takes to be a real adult in life. I know more people who should be enjoying their empty nest, but aren't due to the above.

I’m happily married...the VAST majority of the time.

There are some days though that I recall the old “Honeymooners” episodes...

Nope. The person I love (not my ex wife) is in love with someone else.

Happier than Gilmore

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Been married to the same woman since I was in my 20s (mid 40s now). We have a good marriage.

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It's b/c she wears the pants and pegs your arse if you sass her.


I was married to ex1 for 4 years, ex2 for 5 years.

I've been with my current girlfriend since 2011.
My kids call her the "almost step mom".
And their mamas appreciate the hell out of everything she's done to help raise them shitbiscuits.

I'll be married to my wonderful wife for 18 years on Oct.9th. blessed. We have been together almost 21 and a half. I have a wonderful woman, and they are becoming a rarity more and more. If you are blessed enough to have one of the rare ones, hold onto her, for you are truly blessed.

And we are parents to a beautiful 7 yr.old little girl.

Married 2 years now. She drives me up the wall at times, but I love her dearly and we live a happy life