marriage
Marriage is not so much a word as it is a sentence–a life sentence.
Married to an Addict
My husband has broken his sobriety. I'm in a relationship where assumptions of cheating, lying, being delusional, belittling, being crazy, and only God knows what else are placed upon me. My past is used against me. My words are twisted and flipped against me to justify his actions. I constantly cry of loneliness because he's never home. It started with middle of the night sneak outs after I'd fall asleep. Now he just lies and says he'll be right back, which turns into hours. Lately it has turned to overnight, and some overnights have turned into mid-day. I have had to hide my car keys because he'll take off in my car after I fall asleep, or he'll sneak my car keys off the key hook. Now it's to the point to where in order to avoid arguing with him, I just give him the damn keys. However, doing so leaves me home with no car to go anywhere, sometimes he even takes my house keys; locking me inside our gated property.
By Deborah Portillo8 years ago in Humans
Going to the Chapel...Or Something Like That: Part One
In August, I’m marrying my best friend. Yeah, yeah...blah, blah. Everyone says that. For me and most people, it’s true. I mean...I really believe most people go into marriage with careful consideration. You’d have to be nuts not too! My fiancé and I are both older, we’re both 37, have never been married nor have any children together or from previous relationships. We were 33 when we started dating, but we’ve been friends since we were 20.
By Regina Kypriandes8 years ago in Humans
Engaged in College With Some Doubt
It was supposed to be a normal day with a normal date at the beach in May. I had slept in (the night before I had volunteered to help at my church’s lock-in for the youth group so I hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep until 7 a.m. that morning). Little did I know that my life was about to change. That was the day I got engaged to my boyfriend of four and a half years. I was so excited! The first people I told were my sorority sisters (because in those days I was a college cliche). Congratulations poured in from friends and family on Facebook. About two hours later, we arrived at my parent’s house. My mom and grandma hugged me and congratulated me. My dad said “I’ll congratulate you on your 20th anniversary.” Things were great. Then, a couple weeks later, I began to realize that things were beginning to sour around me.
By Odalys Bailey8 years ago in Humans
Relationship Advice From My Uber Driver
I know this is going to come as a shock to many of you, but dating as a millennial is next to impossible. “There’s plenty of fish in the sea,” they say. Except what “they” don’t know is that the sea is actually full of fuck boys running from commitment, or good guys who have already found the one they are ready to settle down with. And if you happen to stumble upon a guy you think you might want to get to know, sooner or later you find out they are one or all of the following: too clingy, emotionally unavailable (and let me tell you, I’ve had my fair share, so I know the sea is full of them), too immature for a relationship right now, or he needs to find himself and is leaving to go travel for five months. So, after we eliminate all of those guys, what's left?
By Jennifer Proudfoot8 years ago in Humans
What Marriage Taught Me
I went through a lot in my last marriage and, as a result, I learned a lot. One thing I learned was that marriage is not the end all, be all of relationships. If you treat it that way, once you get married you are (for lack of a better word) screwed. You treated marriage as “The End, Happily Ever After” and now you realize life still goes on. You’ve signed a binding legal contract tying you to this person for the foreseeable future and you don’t know what to do. All the stuff y’all dealt with before marriage, you still have to deal with now. The only difference is you can’t simply tell him to pack his stuff and leave and be done with him for good.
By Brittney White8 years ago in Humans
5 Myths About the Other Woman
Discovering that your husband has cheated can be one of the most devastating moments in your life. Finding out that you have been basically living a lie can come as an overwhelming shock. Between deciphering the truth from the lies, and seeing all the signs that you missed, you feel like nothing short of a fool. Not to mention you feel compared to this other woman, who in your mind, has almost develops super powers. This is where you need to gain some clarity and insight to see her for who she truly is.
By Kimberly Adams8 years ago in Humans
A Wedding Speech to Claudia & Richard
Richard and Claudia are a couple I met back in July in New York. They were married in a civil service a year or so ago. But both families felt left out of something very special. So they decided to have a wedding where everyone can attend. I was invited to come since the best man is his own brother and I have been with his brother for five years.
By Heather Wilkins8 years ago in Humans
How We Make It Work
I'm not going to lie, it has been hard at times.We feel like we are an oddity sometimes because both of us were virgins before meeting each other and we had not even dated anyone else before. We had really only been friends for about 2 weeks when we started dating. S and I worked together and the first year I didn't really even like him because he and his friends were the good employees that knew how to do everything fast and without help. I was 16 and it was my first job. I wasn't as fast as some of the other people, and I wasn't the pretty one either.
By Keri Danger8 years ago in Humans
