Are You Still In Love With Your Spouse or SA?

@catjane (1036)
United States
April 14, 2008 10:36am CST
Are you still in love with your spouse or significant other, or has it changed to a different deeper kind of love, or do you wish you were free? I know alot of married people that don't seem to care about their partners any more and this is only after about 10 years of marriage...makes you wonder why they even got married. I have been married for almost 8 years and still love my husband very much. I don't think I'm still feeling the same kind of love I felt at first, but the love has gotten deeper and continues to grow every day. I wonder what it is that makes people fall out of love and want to end it. What kind of relationship do you still have with your mate?
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18 responses
@mmiller26 (1930)
• Canada
15 Apr 08
I agree. I love my husband more now than when I married him 9 years ago. I was really young (19) when I got married and was very immature and probably more in love with the idea of being in love than actually being in love. Now that I've matured, he's matured, and we've gone through so much together, I can honestly say that I'm happier now than I've ever been. There isn't any drama, there isn't much arguing, and we're each other's best friends. Sure, there are times where I want to smother him (lol), but I'm sure he could say the same about me. But at the end of the day, we settle things and go to bed happy. Usually people "fall out of love" when they think somebody better has come along. Or if the other spouse becomes abusive or neglectful. Both of us know that that type of behavior is a 'deal breaker'.
@catjane (1036)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I think abuse is probably one reason to end a marriage if for no other reason. If it can't be fixed and sometimes it can't then it must be ended. I'm glad you are yours are doing so well.
@mmiller26 (1930)
• Canada
15 Apr 08
You're right. Abuse can't be fixed and shouldn't be forgiven. Marriage can't continue when that kind of trust has been broken. Whenever I talk to someone who's in an abusive marriage I encourage them to get out, because once the hitting starts and the abuser knows they can get away with it, it doesn't stop. Emotional abuse is more difficult to deal with because it doesn't leave a mark, but still shouldn't be tolerated.
@asgtswife04 (2475)
• United States
14 Apr 08
My husband and I have a very special love, one that cannot be broken or torn apart and it is absolutely wonderful. We have been through hard times, been seperated, gotten back together, and him now deployed and our love has not been broken yet. That is when you know that you are truly in love with someone. When time, nor distance, nor anything can take it away or crush it. My husband isn't only my love, but my very best friend. I couldn't imagine my life without him and my love only grows stronger and deeper every day for him. God bless
@catjane (1036)
• United States
14 Apr 08
That sounds so nice asgts and I hope it stays that way. I hope he comes home to you very soon.
• United States
15 Apr 08
5 days and a wake up and I will see my amazing husband again. I am so excited and nervous all at the same time. LOL! Nervous cause i haven't seen him in a year and excited that we will finally get to be a family again and start all over with one another. it's gonna be awesome. thanks and God bless
@whywiki (6066)
• Canada
14 Apr 08
I can't imagine life without him. He annoys me at times but we don't fight, we hang out together and spend the majority of our free time together. If something ever happened to him I would certainly be lost. I think at first I was giddy happy in love with him and now I am giddy happy and deeply in love with him. I often wonder why people fall out of love. Is it they were never really in love in the first place? I think the key to a good relationship is friendship. If you get along as friends and add the other bonuses then you are in for a great relationship.
@catjane (1036)
• United States
14 Apr 08
I think you are right about that one whywiki. My husband and I met on the net as friends then after meeting it truned to love and now we are friends and lovers. We trust each other and share common interests.
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
14 Apr 08
My last marriage was a long 7 years. Our relationship was never a healthy one. He was my boyfriend at 16 and my husband at 18. He tried to be my father the whole time. Though we ultimately divorced; I don't regret the relationship because 3 beautiful children came from it. I actually just got off the phone with him. We talk better now than we ever did when we were married. I have been married for 3 years this time. My husband and I have been together for almost 6 years now. We have had some pretty rocky times; things have definitely not been a cakewalk thats for sure. Neither one of us has given up though; we are growing together instead of growing apart. We still love each other very much.
@catjane (1036)
• United States
15 Apr 08
That's great, glad you are doing ok.
@jstaubin (423)
• United States
14 Apr 08
I am more in love with my husband now then I have ever been. As the years have passed our love just seems to get deeper and it grows with time.
@catjane (1036)
• United States
14 Apr 08
That's what love is supposed to do!
• Philippines
14 Apr 08
I still love my husband very much.. but i dont know if hes still in love with me cause hes in other country. Theres a lot of things and people come and go to our lives.. Now i dont know if i still want him in my life. cause theres too much pressure on his part that i cant handle...
@catjane (1036)
• United States
14 Apr 08
I don't understand...why is your husband in another country? Is he in the armed services? I'm sure he loves you. Sometimes distance makes it harder but try to keep in touch through phone calls and the internet as much as possible.
@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
15 Apr 08
We have been married a long time and understand each other more today than when we married. I'm glad Madlees posted, as I was hoping to see another long time married poster. You really see the ups and downs when you have been married as long as me. I think when we past the children are grown up, then we really could relax and stop worrying about things that turned out to not really be a problem. It sure made our marriage a lot easier and we have a lot more fun. No worries about school schedules, getting the children to do homework and no more shopping because the school says she has to have the item.
17 Apr 08
I wonder why only wives say they still love their husbands.How about the husbands? Do they still love their wives? In my opinion, women cannot depend their life on any other poeple. They should be independent on their own.
@nyumix (1658)
• Belgium
15 Apr 08
yes, i do love him so much. Even we have fight sometimes, but I still don't want to be apart from him. Silly or not?
• Philippines
15 Apr 08
I love him deeper and deeper everyday
@madlees (1377)
• India
15 Apr 08
Yes Dear Catjane, even after 31 years of married life, I am still in love with my dear Husband and I cannot think of a day without him. I am with him all the 24 hours of my life, nowadays, that I also work for him at his office. So when he goes on work tours I have to sit in the office alone, I don't like it at all. There is no other go since both of us cannot leave the office together. One of us should be here. He has always encouraged me to do what Ican and have the husband of a successful woman. I have learnt many things from him and he has from me too. We have a very understanding life and many say that we are made for eachother. He has a quiet and calm front but I am an extrovert, that's what all say about me. Laughing andplaying around with all friends and relations.
@kezabelle (2974)
15 Apr 08
Id like to think we will still be together when we are old and grey and our children have children! Our love for one another is of course different to the early days but I certainly dont love him any less, I would say our love is stronger now it would get us through anything we have been together over 6.5 years and I hope we will be together for many more years to come.
• United States
15 Apr 08
have been married for over two years now been together for over 6 years and every day my love for her grows stronger and stronger. I still get that WOW feeling when i watch her sleep. or just sit with her watching a movie or just talking. As we grow together we become closer. the one thing I have learned is to keep it fresh and new try new things just totally enjoy each other body and mind
@Sheena_C (87)
• Canada
15 Apr 08
Last year I was going through a lot of stress and I was very depressed and generally was just hating life, why, I have absolutely no idea. Momentary lapse of senilaty I would imagine. I ended up leaving my husband and moving in with my Mom. I eventually got my own apartment, but it didn't make me any happier. All I thought about night and day was how much I missed my hubby and how much I hated not having him in the bed next to me. I was an absolute mess and cried constantly because I couldn't bare being away from him. We worked things out, and he took me back even though I was slightly crazy when I initially left. I can honestly say that our break gave me a cold hard slap of reality and made me realize exactly what I had. We live together again and have been since before Christmas. Things have never been so good between us. I am more in love now than I ever thought possible. We just bought our first house and will be moving in in a couple months. I think we both needed that break to see just how much we do love eachother. So, yes, I absolutely do love my husband. He is what makes me whole and I couldn't imagine my life without him.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
14 Apr 08
I am still in love with my husband, after 13 years. I know the love is alot deeper. I admire the person he is.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I have been with my husband for 16 years now and been married for 13 of them come July of 2008. I am very much still in love with him. I don't feel the same kind of puppy love but it more of a deep and respectful love. I think people fall out of love because they lose interest in each other and they do not become as one to make sure both stay happy in their life they live together. My husband and I spend every day together and we help each other make it through life.
@kishusia (1066)
• India
15 Apr 08
Love is ........  - Love knows no limits
We are married for ten years. It was an arranged marriage. Over the years my love for my husband has become more deeper. With every passing day, the love is growing. If we want love to grow then 'I' should be replacared by 'we'. There is a saying - 'ek praan do sharir' - meaning two bodies but one soul.
@manalove (65)
15 Apr 08
I have been married for 10yrs now. I hated my husband the day we got married. I still married him cause I was pregnant. We have had our ups and downs as all marriages do. I love him more and more each passing day. I could not see my life without him in it. I myself wonder why people get married and then in 6 weeks say alright I have had enough and through in the towel. To me they are a bunch of big cry babies and if they fail at there marriage they fail there children. I am not saying this to upset antone its just how I beleive.