Comments on: When A Marriage Ends: Was It All A Lie?

By: Selma @ Crazy Little World Of Mine

Selma @ Crazy Little World Of Mine — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:55:49 +0000

Could not have said it any better. Marriage is work. It's not a hobby you drop after a few unsuccessful tries. On FB I dont even share anything about my husband and I. I didn't get married so my status update will look more appealing. Haha. Couples these days give up way too fast, or act way too fast and then it crumbles. 🙁

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 23:58:47 +0000

Um yes. Marriage is NOT a wedding. It is not a pretty picture posted on Facebook or a section on your blog. It is the good, bad, and indifferent.
And marriage is sitting on the couch together watching t.v., etc. You can date your spouse, sure, but marriage is not dating and I think that's why a lot of couples give up; it's not exciting enough for them.

By: Kristen @ See You In A Porridge

Kristen @ See You In A Porridge — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:34:57 +0000

lovely post girl, and love that you all met so early and got to grow up and be all awkward together. i truly think if a relationship or marriage isn't working, it needs to end. no point staying together if you're not both in, you know? it's unfair on all involved. that being said.. if people didn't rush into things and get swept up in wanting to get married for the sake of being married and not because they want to spend the rest of their lives together, we'd probably have less divorces lol. my friend is in an awful marriage and she refuses to leave her husband, even though he is abusive in all senses of the word, she doesn't love him and has cheated on him. but she doesn't want to be the one who gets the divorce, because of how people will judge her. screw that. what a miserable life. oh, and they have a kid. so, yeah. i would be a completely different (horrible) person if my parents had stayed together, that's for sure. i wouldn't wish that on anyone.

By: Candace Groberg

Candace Groberg — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:33:26 +0000

In reply to Paige @ Reasons to Come Home. So so true!!

By: Candace Groberg

Candace Groberg — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:32:29 +0000

I can relate to falling in love young. My husband and I have loved each other for over 10 years and I'm only 25. I never thought I'd get married young, but we just fit together and now I couldn't image my life any other way. But it is disheartening when people you care about have their hearts broken. I believe everything that happens in life is there to teach a lesson, but divorce leaves me wondering what lesson was supposed to be learned?

By: Paige @ Reasons to Come Home

Paige @ Reasons to Come Home — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:23:57 +0000

So, I've had a couple of friends (more like acquaintances) who dated their spouse for a significant time, had big weddings and then were divorced within 1-2 years. And I just don't get it. One girl said they just grew apart and they would spend their evenings sitting on the couch, her playing on her phone and him watching TV. I thought to myself, well yeah! Of course you are gonna grow apart if you don't work on your marriage. Put down your phone, turn the TV off and have a real conversation!

It just really ticks me off that they wasted so much time, effort and money on a relationship and a wedding to call it quits and not even try to work on it!

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:24:02 +0000

Divorce is so painful and hard for the people going through it, and it's hard to watch people we love go through them. I've been watching a marriage that appears to be perfect from the outside but I know that it's not. It's so easy to fool those outside of the relationship in to thinking things are going well when they aren't. And so many friends are fooled by this marriage and it makes my heart hurt for the people in it, because by not telling the truth they aren't getting the support someone above mentioned. People think they have to only show others the good, but honestly showing the bad is what makes relationships, both friendships and romantic, stronger.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:04:21 +0000

This is so powerful. We live in a society where 1 in 4 marriages end in divorce – which makes me sad, and also makes me think that they did not ask themselves those questions. Sure, there are things that happen that make staying together difficult – and I do support divorce. I just wonder why it is so common?!

By: Kate Steadman

Kate Steadman — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 08:52:59 +0000

Amen!! Love this. Very well said and I think that was a great reminder.

xo,
Sara Kate Styling

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:03:24 +0000

How true this is and I have a feeling my sister is going to be part of the holiday engagement crowd. I'm not an expert by any means on marriage but it does take work, it takes understanding.

Happy December!