Marriage

No I wouldn't.. but I am thankful for my four children and all my grandchildren...

Yes! After nearly fifty years of marriage I still love him very much. Of course he can annoying and selfish at times but we work through our problems and he makes me laugh!

Never in a million years!

I married an awful man who was a nightmare but wouldn’t agree to a divorce. The minute I left him I met my gorgeous husband. Sadly I discovered had I not married awful man I would 100% have met my lovely husband eight years earlier! Those lost eight years meant we didn’t manage to have children together, a tragedy. (I had a child from before) . My lovely husband is the only person who ever looked after me and never hurt me. He is a treasure and definitely one to cherish.

Probably not - not because he's not a good man or we don't get on (we do) BUT we are so different and I honestly don't feel that we did each other any favours by getting married. Our marriage has been one compromise after another (on both sides) and I often wonder what life would have been like if we'd married people with more similar interests and tastes. For example, he likes holidays in the countryside, I like coastal ones; he wants to live in Scotland, I want to live in Cornwall; when looking for a new house or a car, we want different things; he's very into politics and I'm not; his friends and mine don't get on; I'm religious and he's not, etc etc. It may not sound important but it makes every joint decision difficult (and sometimes they don't happen at all, as a result), and means that, basically, we are living very separate lives and haven't much to talk about. I feel that we've held each other back and neither have been able to really live life fully. Sad to reflect back on all that.

No. We only got married because I was pregnant. It actually was a love match but we never had anything in common. Always were lovers but not really compatible. I looked after him even when he got Alzheimers. In a lucid moment he said "I am sorry I ruined your life." We stayed together for 54 years and I miss him so much.
Might have lived together but marriage? NO.

Probably -but definitely not at such a young age. We married at 21.

Yes, I would. we met on holiday, I was immediately drawn to him and bought him a drink to establish contact, there is some strange compelling bond between us which is almost supernatural. i think he is the only person I have ever met I could have bee truly happy with.

Yes yes yes. We met at 12, married at 19 and had our 3 sons within a few short years. He has been the perfect role model for them. We have now been married more than 50yrs and I dread the thought of him not being here with me.

Most definitely not! Horrid, oppressive little man!

No, emphatically, definitely not! I always shrugged off his lies, he got me away from family and friends and took control. My mum told me he wasn’t for me..,my answer ...but he loves me. Her reply ...yes but he’s completely self centred and selfish!
For 37 years of trying to make him happy all he’s done is make me miserable. He’s never even made me a cup of coffee. When I went into hospital to have an operation (33years ago) he said he didn’t have time to come for me so sent a man that worked for him instead (he was a building site manager) I awoke from my op to see this workman sat at my bedside! That should have been a warning. Left him once but he persuaded me to come back said he had prostrate cancer, I now think that was a lie because within weeks he said he’d been discharged and was cured!
I feel now that at 73 my life has been an utterly miserable waste!

Oh yes! I’m glad you’re not asking him the question. I hope he’d say yes but you never know.??

Although not married my partner and I have been together for 20 years. Would I do it again? Yes, in a heartbeat - only difference would be I'd do it sooner.

i wouldnt have married him, we got divorced years later, so that tells the story, he went on to wed three more times, me once bitten twice shy once was enough.

Definitely.

Like most people, we took a little while to get used to sharing our lives but now we're two halves of a whole.

We've worked together, played together, gone through tough times... We're on the same wavelength and often have the same thoughts.

He's definitely a good 'un and I wouldn't change him for the world. Couldn't be a***d to train another one!

Oh yes!

A big fat NO. Wish I’d told him and his awful family to go themselves. ?

It is so lovely to hear about those who would.

My best friend said to me when I got married that I could always tell people I was 'happily married'.

It was boding for the future. What she meant was it was a great party. I was very unhappy with ex.

However if I hadn't got married I wouldn't have my lovely daughter perhaps so I am happy about that!

today I'm saying yes, if you ask me tomorrow and he's annoyed me for some reason that may change?. We've been married 44 years, yes there's things I would like to change. But all in all we've had a good marriage.

Definitely yes, my wedding has been pretty much the only thing I turned up early for ! ?

I would still marry the father of my kids, he's a decent bloke and we still talk and were together 27 years. I wouldn't marry again after that.

That should read " We have been OK"

I stupidly broke up with the love of my life and married someone else. We have OK, but is OK enough?

Yes. I most certainly would. He drives me mad sometimes but he is kind thoughtful and considerate and would not change him for the world. We have just celebrated 50 years together and I would do it all over again.

Number 1, no. I wasn't fair and honest. I knew I didn't love him as I should but I didn't know how to get out of it and I knew it would break his heart. We were married for 10 years and still good friends.
Number 2 and I have been together 40 years, neither of us felt the need to get married. I adored him from the first kiss and still do. He has given me 40 years of fun and adventure and love.