Can you live without your spouse?

I love my husband very much, and I can't imagine what life would be like without him, I know I could't live without him. If something ever happened to him, it would just kill me, and I probably wouldn't be too far behind him. We only dated about 3 months when he asked me to marry him, then 3 mos. later we were married. We both knew thats what we wanted, we couldn't stand being apart from each other for too long so there was nothing else for us to do but get married. I think we were together more than we were apart, so when I told my mother that we were getting married she wasn't surprised, she told me she figured I was going to be telling her that soon, because we were together all the time, and we didn't live all that close to each other either. He loves me just the way I am, he hasn't tried to change me, nor have I tried to change him. I'm thankful everyday for him being in my life..we've been happily married for 5 yrs. now.

Ours is an arranged marriage, and after we got engaged, we started to love each other. And it had been 10 years and I just cant think of being without him. Ofcourse, he goes on tour constantly and we both know pretty well that it is necessary for him to go on tour and I am here at home to take good care of the things that is happenning at the home front. We both are there for each other at all the good and bad times. Though we have lots of differences of opinions and misunderstandings and fights we both love each other to the core.

Sometimes it's OK to lose yourself in another person. Sometimes it helps you find the person you really are. For me, I couldn't live without my spouse. Sometimes, I'll get mad over some little thing that he does. And then he will not talk to me, cause he fears that he would hurt my feelings with his words. And then I miss his voice. And then I'm sad. I'm hooked and there's no getting out of it. I hate it when people call marriage or loving relationships codependency. Those people have never been madly, deeply, truly in love! Be well. My best to you and your honey.

You never know. I was deeply in love with my husband for many years. We were best friends. We had 4 beautiful kids together, and went through a lot of trying times, and a lot of fabulous times together. But twenty years into the marriage, we started to change, to become less and less compatible. Three years later we ended the marriage. I am not only living without him, but am doing very well on my own. I hope to be married again some day, and hope to feel as happy as you seem to feel in your marriage. I wish you every happiness! You are very lucky to have what you have.

I love my husband more than anything. I fell in love with him after wegot married. We truly got married for the wrong reason, but I wouldn't change it for anything. He has given me everything I could ever want, including a gorgeous son that we all love dearly... You included! Besides, without my hubby I would never have met my best friend and "sister"...YOU!!!

Thats gr8 to hear that. Even I got married before one year who I was in love with. And I love him a lot. Before marriage I was working but then later he dint want me to work so i quit my job Im at home just for his happiness. and completely only for him. I love to be like this just to make him happy and cook for him clean and do everything just to keep him happy. and today I just cant live without him I am completely depended on him. I just cant think about my life without him. Im grateful to have him. He is struggling a lot for our secured future. Nowadays he is very tensed with his work and im worried for him. So we dont get that much time to spend. I feel sad for it.

i love my hubby a lot and i don't think i can live without him for the rest of my life... we met in the church and we only know eact other for about 10 months before i married him 2 1/2 years ago... i never think that it is a mistake and we love each other more and more by each passing day... take care and have a nice day...

I guess if we're being realistic, I could live without him, but I wouldn't want to. My husband is my very best friend. I can talk to him about anything and everything. He and I spend time together doing things that we both love and we love each other enough to try the things that maybe he likes but I don't and vice versa. I could (realistically) live without him but it would be an empty existence. He is a beautiful man in every sense of the word and I am, after 14 years of marriage, madly, deeply, hopelessly in love with him. He is a part of who I am and that doesn't make me co-dependant. It' makes me a very blessed woman. I am happy to see so many women respond to this discussion who have found this kind of love. It's a beautiful thing! :)

I am happy you found someone you can share your life with I could not live without my soon to be hubby, he is my bestfriend and my rock . He is always there for me through it all and that is the way it should be . We work as a team and have done many great things with the support of one another .

When we marry, we should become as one. We should forsake all others for our spouse, if it takes it. My husband and I met 3 years before we started dating, and I never saw him again until 2 weeks before then. We dated for 15 mos and 6 of that he was in military boot camp. We loved each other enough that we got married when he came home. Some people didn't want us to marry, but that didn't stop us because we just could not stay apart. We think alike and some people say we have grown to favor one another. :) Things aren't always perfect, but the love wins out! We will be married 44 years on July 6th. So you could say we love each other enough never wanting to part! Don't know what I would do without him.

I have been with my husband for almost 8 yrs now. We both get on each others nerves. We both say things that later we will admit that we didn't mean. We will always disagree on something. But we will both agree that we are each others best friends and love each other through thick and thin. We always joke with each other and say "your stuck with me". We always kiss goodbye, even if it is just a trip to the grocery store. So not only could I not live with out my husband, we could not live with out each other.

I'm not married yet, but I share that bond with my girlfriend. I'm not as quick to propose, but it's definitely in our future. I think it's important that you find someone who can make you feel that special. The right person makes a relationship amazing. The sad truth of today is that most people do marry for the reasons you mentioned and more. Money, security, lonliness, appearances, etc. The reasons to marry are often quite bad and that is why they often end in divorce. I have heard that the rate is as high as 2/3 of all marriages end in divorce now. I'm glad that you found the right someone instead of settling for the wrong someone. I'm sure you'll have many happy years ahead of you.