Marriage

Most of us from highschool are married by now.Many of us have started having kids and some, like me, are done having kids. And some of us are about to married. But I wish people would realize that marriage, a good marriage taes work. Rob and I have been together since we were 18. Yeah that's 12 years! And it hasn't always been sunshine and roses. We have had our fights and our moments, but I also believe that in order to have a good relationship you need to be able to fight. You are not always going to agree on things. You are not always going to be in a good mood and you are going to take that out on the people closest to you. It happens, its life.
Clearly we make up after fighting( I think everyone knows making up is fun), but I am not afraid to stand up and speak for myself when I disagree with him.
Surprisingly that was/is one of the things that he first loved about me. HE had always dated women, well girls back then, that would never say anything to him, and then he met me. And I think we can all agree that I have a big mouth. And if I disagreed with something I let him know it.
I think it is good to challenge each other once in awhile. To let someone know, hey you are being a idiot. Dont get me wrong we don't fight all the time, but like any REAL couple we have our moments. Yet we have also been together so long because when we do fight we are able to talk about it and work through it. And that is HUGE in a marriage. If you can not have communication with someone how are you suppose to have a REAL relationship.
Marriage is great if you ask me. At times it is exhausting, but mostly it is very rewarding. It is great to feel loved by someone and know they love you just the way you are no matter what faults you have. Its great to sleep next to someone who you know who do anything for you to make you happy. Who would stand up and fight for you without you ever having to ask them. We are not a lovey dovey couple, in fact those people annoy the crap out of me. I figure if you constantly have to tell eachother that you love eachother you are saying it so you believe it. I know Rob loves me and when he tells me it means more to me because I am not hearing it 500 times a day. We don't feel the need to makeout in public all the time or constantly call eachother babe or hun. We do at times but we also use eachothers names.
There are so many amazing things that come from marriage. We have our 3 amazing kids, a house, nice cars, the ability for me to be home with the kids, amazing trips with just the 2 of us and with the kids as well. But mostly we have a love and respect for eachother that just gets stronger as the years go by.And no matter what life throws at us we will always fight for our marriage.