What ten years can bring.?

Me,my Husband and our Daughter - Taking our time while attending my cousins wedding last year.
@tamirs (1807)
Philippines
January 12, 2012 7:19pm CST
What can ten years of marriage bring to a couple? I married my husband 10 years ago..So young then and so in love . Everybody thought that our marriage will just go to waste because we are still young then to get married.I know ten years is not that long yet to tell that our marriage is forever.There are marriages that counted for more than ten years but gone to waste.But i know my ten years of being married with my husband is all worth it. For four years now, husband and I celebrates our wedding away with each other.Hopefully next year will be different . For now, can we just celebrate our special day with you? No cakes nor drinks, no sweets, no presents.Just tell us how special your days with your partner is to make it last a lifetime .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
To be honest, my husband and i get to feel the real feeling of a truly married couple , when we were on our 16th years of marriage. We are now on our 21 years of marriage . Yes, we are happy before that, but we always have our secrets to each other. We love each other but we keep to ourselves what we don't like with each other. But on the 16th year, because of a big problem we have to solve, we were able to let go of those things. We forgave each other for our shortcomings and from then on , become husband and wife in the real sense of the word. The problem was for us, a blessing in disguise.
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@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Hi Simplyd, That only means Husband and wife really needs to be "one" in everything and every single day of a married life.Now,looking back,your 16th year together is the second founding of your married life.Making your relationship more stronger and love deeper.. I know you and your hubby will have more years to count
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
After that confrontation of our own shortcomings we have a stronger and happier marriage. And we are making sure that it will be until we die. I can truly say that "love is lovelier , the second time around."
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@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
or maybe life and beyond You are right,though haven't experienced that "second time around" i know from my parents experience that they become sweeter after the big fight of their married life.
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@Lhenni (1242)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Feeling EMO huh, tam *LOL! Well, me too are quite emotional whenever I bring my topic to relationships to the most, it's our husband! Ten years can bring?... hmmm... of course it brings happiness! I just don't know how to measure it. Because for me, "Happiness" brought by love is immeasureable! Naks! Will I be now called "girl, pick-up (bubble gang!) hahhahha! But of course, it's not all happiness... there's a mix of some petty quarrels, differences, settlement, and the likes... but overall, it's the happiness being with the person lasted! ... I'm back in the past being intensely inloved now again Tam!
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@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Ayiiiii Hi girl pick up.. It is really nice to go back to past over and over again to look at the happy moments.It is so nice to fall in love many times,with the same person
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@Lhenni (1242)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
You're blushing! Feeling highschool hahahaha... But in any way it will take to be in love (blushing for the like)... no problem to be past highschool huh! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Happy anniversary tam-tam! A more fruitful years ahead of you and him together and ever... Amen!
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@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Yes sister.. Thanks a lot lhen..
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• Nigeria
13 Jan 12
well, ten years counting has been lot of year for me. Got married almost 2 years now, expecting a baby boy in another 1 week, and probably i would be getting a new contract soon, all these makes a whole lots of difference. well for me, the defining moment is leaving the University, which i did 4 years ago. Now projecting into the future, i can only see great things, maybe have another baby girl in the next 3years, get better paying job, affect and touch more lives, and then live a happy Life. I must say for me, the most important thing that has happened to me in the last 10 years is getting married, and now having a baby boy soon
• Nigeria
13 Jan 12
And you know talking about my expectant baby, i am more of curious than excited. Dint know if it was so for you?
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Congratulations on your upcoming baby boy. A baby will bring more and different meaning to your married life. I can say that your ten years is very meaningful and full of happy moments.Another ten will surely make a another happy and meaningful life with you and your whole family.Keep counting the years together toni.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
13 Jan 12
hi tamirs I am a widow now since 1991 but I had 33 years with the love of my life. many great memories , and laughs, and fun and happiness. even when we quarreled we just made up. mostly we were meant for each other and could talk forever about just anything . I always felt as if we had known each other forever. he was a happy man full of fun and smiling and always positive. We shared the good and the bad, we lost a little daughter and that hurt so much but we stuck it out.I am so glad that we stuck it out through the bad times because the good times are what I enjoy remembering today
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@kalav56 (11464)
• India
13 Jan 12
Oh dear hatley!What can I say! I wish you good health and your son's well being.
• India
14 Jan 12
Hey tamris, First of all sorry for the late attendance to the function. I wish you a very happy a life long relation with fun and care Happy to know that you do not have any boaring or distractions on your life. May god bless you to have the same for years. Keep smiling dear
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
Hi wonder Better late than never.. Thanks for the well wishes.Actually a lot of distractions for the last years but good thing my husband and i talks a lot even if he is away from us.We always think things out so it won't create any harm in our relationship.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
15 Jan 12
I always feel sad whenever i am talking to my husband over the cam wonder.I always miss his embrace and kisses..I miss waking up with him and seeing his face as we go to sleep.And miss lots of things about him and his being here. But as you say,that is life.
• India
14 Jan 12
Hey Tamris, Did you ever find the time of sadness in your life ? I think you will definitively have it and that's is life theory. If you do not feel bad can you tell them ?
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
I wish you congratulations on your 10th year anniversary. It's such a great achievement and for sure...you will be heading to a more happy life in the coming 20, 30 or even 50 years. It's great to be celebrating anniversaries. It really adds up the spice and brings up good bonding most especially if you have kids with you already. It puts up a smile on our faces every time we look back. I am not yet married but if I will be married someday, I will really do bond with my husband and talk about the happy memories. I hope you celebrated your anniversary well. ^^
• Philippines
15 Jan 12
I am not yet ready so maybe it will take a lot of time for me. It's just too early for me as of the moment. I want to be completely ready before I settle anything...and even though I have a boyfriend right now, still I don't know if things will really work out as we go on to that stage...^^ Good thing you don't have any regrets. ^^
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
I am in an emo state right now tam..lol and this discussion made it more emo.. well, like what i have said in my order discussion, hubby might work far from my city..so we might make sacrifices and adjustments and it made think back of what we have been through. as bf and gf..we ware more than 10 years lol..but we had our first child on 2004..and as a family for like 8 years now and counting. but i tell you, it was not a bliss at all. We fought a lot especially after the first child..he kept secrets and i have my own skeletons in my closet which we never told each other.. not just until 2 years ago. I opened mine and he opened his and it was rocky. I thought we would separate..but I believe it is not in God's plans..HE made us work it out and it is working out. We are a lot more kind and gentle to each other..and way better as parents and as spouses. Things might change the next few months but i hope we will work it out. He is my yin as i am his yang.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
I believe you can both do it..You have it done before and you know what is best to do in times of trouble...
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
That's wonderful to hear. I myself have two years more before I reach my tenth year of marriage and I do hope it would really last. We don't celebrate our anniversary with much funfare. Usually a dinner out. We still however give each other presents, not expensive ones anymore, though. I guess we've focused more on our only child lately.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
hi beamer,two years isn't that long to wait. And also a lifetime isn't long if we are with our love ones, right?
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
13 Jan 12
Hi tamirs Congratulations to you and hubby for completing 10 beautiful years of love and family I wish you and hubby stay together and spend more time between you and family. Our wedding anniversary... I dont know if I do anything special. It s quite normal but with a simple difference - I try to give rest to my wife, and do all the household works.In the evening, we try to either go and watch a movie at the theater or even a dinner at the restaurant. Then later, in the night, I gift her something that I manage to buy from my savings - last time it was a saree and this year... I am not yet sure what that gift will be. Oh yes, I try to find some time that day to visit my parents too, as brother's anniversary and mine are just 3 days apart.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
A saree to add her favorites I hope to watch movie and dine out with hubby next anniversary but for now seeing each other on cam while talking is the best to do
@bubuth (1815)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Being married for 10 years,i think being married for a long time can teach us to cope all the problem that may come in the relationship. It will also teach us to how to love like unconditional love. In the beginning of my married life i adjust in so many things,i also learn relating with other people like my husband"s family relatives,because when i'm single i'm always here at home and don't wanna go out and hang out with others.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
Hi there bubuth, You are right,we will have to adjust to make everyone around us love us too not only our partner.My sister and brothers in law all love us ,we are just having a little hard time with my mother in law,but who doesn't?
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Hi tamirs Happy 10 years to you and your hubby. Of course it can bring happiness and more love with each other. Your love for each other and the presence of your daughter can make your relationship last til forever. Well, I do wish that you both will be celebrating it together next year!
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
I've forgotten the term anniversary
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Yeah.. hopefully next year.. Any anniversary to celebrate??
@parascevi (313)
• Greece
13 Jan 12
I believe that when 2 people are really in love, have a child and like to do things together this will last for ever.If they have the same taste,thoughts and fit to each other then this cannot just dissapear.10 years of marriage can bring more experience and maturity to a couple to overcome their problems and be even more happy and feel closer to each other and their kids too.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
Hi parascevi, I agree with you,we are so in love then and i can say that until now we are.Our daughter is an added bonus and our source of happiness..
@angelako (280)
• Italy
13 Jan 12
congratz,for me love is unstable,in my experience is not always the same.My ex husband when we are still in boyfriend and girlfriend relationship,we are about 4 years before we get married,he will die without me,he make unexpected thins when i broke up with him,he always said he will kill himself and even do it in front of me one time.But when we got married everything change he become so irresponsible,i no more feel the love,he enjoy more on friends,so i think you are llucky to find one who has committment in a relationship.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
You can always make him change angel..I am so certain about that. He loved you so then, i am sure you can take that love back.Have you tried making him fall for you again instead of his friends?
@arjunm (439)
• India
13 Jan 12
Believe,Respect, Confidence is the basis elements to keep on a couple life. my special day with my love partner is to make her very special so that she will become more and more happy.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Aw that is so sweet arjun..You are correct respecting your partner is one of the most important gesture in a relationship..
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
13 Jan 12
Wish you many more years of togetherness! Ten years of marriage can definitely keep the bonding intact ; there is no doubt about it.But marriag also needs a lot of persistent and consistent effort in developing tolerance and affection.THe bonding must be forged right at the beginning and with time this ripens and transcends all aspects like physical relationship and closeness. It develops into one of total dependability and dependence , a feeling of being unable to be without each other.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
Thanks so much kalav Hopefully we can be able to make all the years of our lives together..