Why Did You Decide To Marry Your Spouse?
By lynnemg
@lynnemg (4529)
United States
February 26, 2009 5:57pm CST
This may sound bad, but to me it is romantic. While I was married to my first husband, and he was in jail (one of the many times), I had a dream that I would marry a man who was the son of my babysitter. In my dream, I saw his face, knew his name, and everything. In real life, I knew that my babysitter had sons, but his name was not one I had heard. I asked her if she had a son byhis name and she said she did. Never did she want to know why I asked.
About 3 years later, there was a knock at my door. It was HIM! Before I even spoke to him, I knew it was him. After we spoke, I was so certain that I called my best friend and told her that I had just met the man from my dreams and I knew that he was the one I would marry.
Guess what? We met almost three years ago and have been married for almost two years. I chose to marry him because I knew he was the one before I ever knew who he was and when I met him for thefirst time, my life finally felt complete.
Your turn, why did you marry your spouse?
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13 responses
@cindyhxf (1446)
• China
27 Feb 09
why i got marry with my first husband?ohoh,because i was pregnant.and i thought he was not bad man to marry.but after baby came,life changed a lot.my ex-husband changed a lot too.he didn't treat my daughter and i well,he came home lately and always said busy .so i gave up .well,we was divorced for two years .but i am ok to think of that.it is just one wrong choise in my life.marriage is nice for someone,but also hell for others.The first find the right one.the second make sure you are good to hanlde anything what happened.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
27 Feb 09
I married my husband because he loved me very much. I knew him from past ten years he was my dads friend's younger brother. I liked me very much and we were very good friends. He proposed me and I agreed and we took permission from both of our parents and our marraige was arranged so its 2.8 months since we got married and we are really happy. happy myloting.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
28 Feb 09
he personally asked my parents for my hand. Then my parents spoke to me about my opinion and then they agreed.
@sandymay48 (2030)
• Canada
27 Feb 09
Hi lynnemg...I was married for 17 years to a man I hated..I had nowhere to go, nobody to turn to..Life was rough to say the least.
Then I met my current husband while at work in my mid 30s. He was absolutely the kindest person I had ever met! After having such a rough abusive life with my ex, I often dreamed that he would be my hubby instead. I used to daydream about him showing up at the park when I took my kids..all just dreams..I thought it would never come true. My husband was the extremely jealous type but for some reason this man had become my friend and I was not giving him up.
I acted like a school girl Im sure when I would see him crossing the road coming towards my work as he lived next door. I would quickly run out back like a young girl with raging hormones and sit there as if I had been sitting there all day enjoying the sun..."OH, hello " I would say...*snicker snicker!*
Things in my own relationship were much worse if thats possible and I had told my one friend that all I wanted was this other man under my christmas tree!!.He was soooooo good looking and kind but I didnt think he had the same feelings as I did.
The following February the 1st...he told me his feelings and helped me escape..I was ecstatic...
We have been together for 14 years now and married for 6 years...He is absolutely my saviour and the love of my life!! It was a dream come true for me!!.
@itsme_cha (504)
• United States
27 Feb 09
i think the common reason why you marry your spouse is because you love your spouse and you want to be with your spouse life. like me i marry my husband because i love him and i want to spend my life with him. its like he is my dream to be with. i want him to be part of my life.
happy posting!!!
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
28 Feb 09
Yes, the most common reason to marry is love, but there are other reasons. For me, I just knew he was the one, it is the same for many others. Some marry for financial reasons, some because it is arranged, and some just because they think it might be fun.
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
28 Feb 09
M best childhood friend and her husband were also high scool sweethearts. I know that at one pont, they almost divorced, but held strong together in the end. I hope you never have to face that challenge and you are nothing but happy for the rest of your lives together.
@Naylani (111)
• United States
27 Feb 09
Well, the funny thing is that I really wanted to be by myself when my husband and i met. I Had just gotten out of a bad relationship, so I was really "all out of love", but then i met my husband. He truly courted me for several months. Oh, I was reluctant at first because I was so disillusioned, but he was so patient and understanding that before I realized it, I was in love. We went on our first date June 27, 2005 and we've been together ever since. He is a good soul and we are a good fit. He has treated me with love and respect, and you probably won't believe this, but we rarely argue, If we do we usually make up right away. I truly believe he is a blessing and my soul mate.
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
27 Feb 09
That's such a cool story! When my husband and I first met, it was actually in a chatroom! He sent me a private message, thinking that I was someone he knew, and then realized I was someone else. He was actually just about to get offline though, so he gave me his yahoo messenger screen name in case I ever wanted to talk. Since we hadn't really had much of a conversation though, I thought it was silly and didn't plan to write it down, but at the very last second, I literally thought to myself "I better write it down just in case--never know, it could be my future husband!" So weird! Anyway, so I wrote it down and added him to my friends list, and then we just started talking all the time online, then started calling each other all the time. The very first night that we talked on the phone, I knew for sure that we would end up married. It was like he just seemed totally familiar to me, and I just knew he was the one. After that, we eventually met in person, and we've been together ever since! We just celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary this month. Anyway, I guess I married him because I just knew!
@luckydolphin98 (168)
• Australia
27 Feb 09
Wow congratulations :) My story may not be as beautiful or wonderful as yours, but still romantic all the same.
When I was dating my husband (then boyfriend), I went overseas for holidays and while there I met a guy who is fun to be with and I was happy to be with him.. but because I am still in a relationship we only stay good friends (I know his feelings toward me too and he has told me many times). Once I come back from my holiday, I was fully intent on breaking up with my boyfriend .. he has known that there is changes in my feelings towards him. What he did was he got my brother to pick me up from the airport, and when I arrived at my home I found that my house has been decorated full of balloon, there is apresent for me, and my boyfriend came from my bro's bedroom playing guitar (he CANNOT play guitar, so he desperately learnt just for this song) and sing happy bday to me.. i was overseas on my bday.. That time i wasnt moved much... but his persistence and love and caring made me change my mind.. At that time I remember again the reason why I am dating him and why I love him in the first place... so I ended my friendship with that holiday guy... and concentrate fully on my current relationship... we stil have up and downs like every relationship till now, but nothing will ever come between us again as now we know.. we do love each other. We are now married has been for 7 months and happy...
@baileycows (3665)
• United States
27 Feb 09
Wow! I think that this is great. I married my first husband right out of high school I kind of knew he was not the one for me, but it was more of a financial stability thing. However as time when on I got secure with myself and left. My sister introduced me to my second husband and OMG I had never believed in love at first site. We pulled up at his house for a double date and he was just standing there. I knew I would marry this guy. He was the one. Then after two and half years of dating we got married. We have been married over a year and april will be four years together. I am soooo happy! It is the weirdest thing ever that I knew and all my dreams would come true.
@Ronina (185)
• Philippines
27 Feb 09
Very nice and romantic story. I am married for 4 years now, I decided to marry my husband because for me, i know he was the person whom God prepared for me, why did I say so? because when i'm still single, some of are olds in the church will tell me and my friends that if we want to meet our future partner in life we should pray to God and ask for it (the man). So I pray to HIM to give me my future partner, i ask God that the person whom i want to be with will say the word "soul mate". I never tell my friend about what i ask God for my future partner, not until my boyfriend now my husband. Before when we are exchanging ideas my husband mentioned the word "soul mate". It rings in my ear when i heard it from him, i told myself then "Oh my God, he mentioned the magic word that i ask in my prayer" i was so happy then and i told my friends after that day. I even told the nun who interviewed me at the church about it before our wedding and she was so happy and said that it is really the power of prayer. But you know what i never tell but husband about this. :) It is still my secret, but not with you :) Someday i'm going to share this to my son when he rich the marrying age.
@ank_47 (1959)
• India
2 Mar 09
as i am indian, here in india ,we do mainly arranged marriage only,that to our parents will select our partner.
discussions will go on by two sides parents before marraige and if they both agree with each other ,engagement will go on and time will be fixed for marraige according to our astrology and marraige will take place within one or two months .
generally most marriages will be arranged marraiges only,which are seen by parents . they enquire with each other ,how the family members ,their financial status,their job status and if they agree all of them, they go with mediater or with any friend or relative and fix marriage.
by these arrange marraiges ,in india most marraiges are successful for long life .
and i have also got this arrange marraige,which my parents see for me and their decision is good and my marraige was success upto now .after 12 years of my marriage ,now i am happy in my life, and i agree with indian arranged marraiges ,like in no other country ,here in india most of the people respect each other in their married life and happy with it for many years or lifelong than other country people .we don;t go for second marraige and sometimes adjust with the relation we have now.
@NuttyMomma (901)
• United States
27 Feb 09
With my husband, I just "knew" also. I knew it wasn't going to be an easy life but I was so sure of how he felt about me and I had been married before but never ever had I been with someone who respected me the way he does. Like I said I "knew" our life together would be full of challenges but even though my logical mind was saying walk away, I couldn't. Real, true love doesn't come along every day. We have been together now 7 years and I am not sorry. We have survived a lot together. I can't imagine my life if I had walked away.