When you look at your parents marriage, do you want yours to be the same?

Every marriage is different. Though I know that, I wish mine would be the same as my parents' marriage. They have the perfect marriage. I'm not saying they don't argue and have their moments...but it's an ideal situation where they behave like mature adults and still enjoy each other's company. My marriage is not the same....wish is was!

I am proud of my parents. But i wish to be better than them. With the relationship I have now with my dear, I'm very sure that our family can be better. My parents are my best example but I want to be better.

Yes I am, very much proud. The fact that the two have lived so may years together and still going on great gives me a feeling of assurance and confidence. All relationship don't suck after all! I have learned so many thing from my mother. She is in fact the key to their successful relationship. She is a perfect home maker and knows where to stop, where to draw the line. That saves the marriages a lot of times. Thanks.

I am proud with the fact that they are still together after 36 years of marriage. The ability to stay committed and the capacity for self-sacrifice (for the sake of bringing up a generation of adults better than them) are something that you'd rarely find nowadays. These are characters of great people. And i am proud that my parents possess these because i would not be as sane, and normal and happy as i am today without them. That's how they were as parents, and i believe that also showed how their marriage is founded. It was not all love, romance, "happy family" stuffs and all. It was more than that. And i wish i could be as selfless as them, to be able to stay married "despite all odds," and be able to "die to self" so that my children will be able to live well. And I also wish that i could also be truly happy and not just plain contented in my marriage...in the CHOICE that i made. And just like them, i would be able to grow old and wiser with my spouse. Then when i look back, i could say that despite mistakes, heartaches along the way, I did not leave any messy trail for my children to clean after. I just wish now that me and my husband have the same faith.

Although I love both my parents to pieces, I was happy and relieved when they finally decided to go their separate ways. I learned at a very young age (I was 8 or 9) from their marriage that when I do end up with someone, I will never go to sleep angry at him. I will never let my kids witness my partner and me fighting and if things aren't working out even if you tried hard to make it work, it is best for everyone involved to just let go.

My parents have been together for forty years (my dad is my stepfather). I told my dad some years ago that I will only marry a man who looks at me the way he looks at my mother. They have very different views about many things, and argue about them heatedly - but it never interferes in their relationship. They respect each others' strengths and support each other through difficult times. Back in the 70s when people were all up in arms about women working part-time jobs or daring to think about having careers of their own, my dad encouraged and supported my mom in going back to school to get her insurance license, and was her biggest booster and supporter through the first few tough years when she was discouraged by the difficulties of starting a new career. I want a marriage that will have that kind of strength and love in it - though it may not look the same as their marriage, I want it to feel the same.

i dont want to have my marriage end up like my parents... separated.

im proud of my parents, but i dont want my marriage to be like theirs... i want to be better! :)

Absolutely NOT. I have witnessed how my parents marriage live went. My mom sacrificed a lot because of my dad stupidity. He took her for granted and keep fooling around since we were a kid. I hate seeing my mom get hurt because of my dad. Luckily, they're still together and will have their 25th years anniversary next month. Because of what I have seen to my parents marriage life I really told my self that I don't want to experience such things like that. I am just too lucky to be true to have my husband. I love my dad though he knew I wont tolerate his immaturity especial when my mom gets hurt because of him.

I think about my parents marriage and think well thet didnt do too badly ,they seemed to get along well enough,so if they can do it then so can we,and they had quite a few happy years together too.I wouldnt know what anyone can do to make their marriage stand out lol its all a game of give and take,and the more that you work at it the better it all gets.

I think every marriage is different, and I want mine to be different too. I'll make mine more "kid-friendly" and "sporty" instead of my parents, school first crap.

Yes but only one problem :D I don't want to get married.. Have a nice day..

hi cj i wont want the married life like my parents ... never ever ... not in this life or after life if you seen one of my discussion "she ran a good race and fought a good fight" you will see the pain my mother went through .. they are not bad to us the children but they did not know how to run their life as "husband & wife" i have much better husband than my father was for my mother but my parents never ever let the children down cheers

I can only wish that I'll be as happy as my parent's are. But I don't know what's in store for my marriage so I don't try so hard to compare what is mine to theirs, I just know in my heart that as long as we have love and respect for each other we can stay together forever. Just like my parents.