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I think this is about priorities. rebelaessedai Send a noteboard - 20/04/2011 01:07:20 AM
That doesn't mean I think it's good, either - just that many couples become resigned to this kind of thing.

To me a successful relationship/marriage is about valuing the other person's happiness as much as your own. This entails doing things like holiday dinners (and never speaking condescendingly about them in public!). You also want to have a good (or at least respectful) relationship with your partner's family if they are remotely important to him/her.

I don't like the idea of lowered expectations. I saw a study recently which found that couples with an idealized view of each other on their wedding day tend to be happier five years into the marriage than those with a more cynical perspective. Your partner should be someone you enjoy more and treat better than the rest of the world - not necessarily 100% of the time, but as a general rule.

So my view is that a relationship is not "better" just because you regularly get by with acting how you'd want to act if you were single.

Of course I am engaged too and haven't been with the guy all that long (dated 15 months, friends for ten years), so maybe I have a naive view of things. We'll be flying across the country soon to spend the spring holiday in our hometown... my family lives there too, but I'll be staying with his because my relationship with my family is so complicated. To be honest, I really don't want to go, I don't want to see them (my family) right now, and I wish that his first vacation in a year were to somewhere like Hawaii instead. But it's important to him, so I'll shut up and go. :P


I mean, Nick would like me to visit his family when he goes, but it's not of the utmost importance that I do so. I probably won't go if his brother is involved because we got into it and I don't like him. Nick understands and respects that. But at the same time, he doesn't particularly like his brother either. ;)
It just depends on the people involved. I'm sad that you would rather not go and feel like you're obligated to go anyway, but maybe your relationship works better that way. To each his own.
Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position. - Bill Maher
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I'm like this with my future in-laws too. *NM* Clover - 19/04/2011 04:47:05 PM 469 Views
I think they are right ironclad - 19/04/2011 10:20:39 AM 1187 Views
I see your point Helene - 19/04/2011 10:42:51 AM 1147 Views
Re: I think they are right Macharius - 19/04/2011 01:59:57 PM 1015 Views
I think that's an unfair assumption. Sareitha Sedai - 19/04/2011 02:16:54 PM 941 Views
What he said about his wife's mother Helene - 19/04/2011 02:59:32 PM 1116 Views
Ew. I would have a problem with that too. Something about that attitude makes me dig in my heels. Tashmere - 20/04/2011 01:37:38 AM 864 Views
No offense... ironclad - 19/04/2011 02:35:53 PM 1092 Views
yes but have you found such a thing? random thoughts - 19/04/2011 03:05:35 PM 1023 Views
For now I have *NM* ironclad - 19/04/2011 03:08:17 PM 499 Views
how long has it been? *NM* random thoughts - 19/04/2011 03:16:32 PM 476 Views
Don't try to corrupt me with your long term pessimism ironclad - 19/04/2011 03:34:39 PM 970 Views
sadly I seem attracted to the crazies *NM* random thoughts - 19/04/2011 04:08:14 PM 468 Views
Yes. But it didn't start out like that. Took years to chip away all our rough edges. Tashmere - 20/04/2011 01:40:29 AM 1035 Views
Could be either snoopcester - 19/04/2011 10:30:50 AM 1068 Views
True enough... Helene - 19/04/2011 10:44:28 AM 1032 Views
My opinion is the latter. Macharius - 19/04/2011 01:55:00 PM 1038 Views
He definitely has a point about realistic expectations Sareitha Sedai - 19/04/2011 01:56:49 PM 1022 Views
Re: He definitely has a point about realistic expectations Macharius - 19/04/2011 02:07:34 PM 1002 Views
Re: He definitely has a point about realistic expectations snoopcester - 19/04/2011 02:13:25 PM 1124 Views
I should have read this first. Sareitha Sedai - 19/04/2011 02:25:16 PM 1054 Views
Re: He definitely has a point about realistic expectations Sareitha Sedai - 19/04/2011 02:23:14 PM 1035 Views
You don't strike me as the "screeching-howler-monkey" type to begin with. *NM* Macharius - 19/04/2011 03:33:41 PM 472 Views
I love just about everything about you Sareitha. Good answers all. *NM* Tashmere - 20/04/2011 01:26:34 AM 444 Views
I translated "I will think about it" as a secret but obvious code for. "I don't really want to but Tashmere - 20/04/2011 01:34:36 AM 1140 Views
that's what I would have meant if I said "I'll think about it" *NM* LadyLorraine - 20/04/2011 02:00:33 AM 433 Views
The fact that you are referring to a fiancé and comparing it to wife says a lot random thoughts - 19/04/2011 02:09:27 PM 1129 Views
To be fair, me and my fiance have been together for about as long as they have Helene - 19/04/2011 02:57:03 PM 969 Views
I don't know about everyone but things changed when we got married random thoughts - 19/04/2011 03:16:11 PM 1010 Views
How did things change? Helene - 19/04/2011 04:14:56 PM 1009 Views
Like I said I can only speak for myself random thoughts - 19/04/2011 04:54:04 PM 1043 Views
There's already a 10 year old in the picture for us Helene - 19/04/2011 06:52:44 PM 971 Views
My husband and I don't understand why people say this. rebelaessedai - 20/04/2011 01:03:31 AM 1082 Views
I did say I was only speaking for myself random thoughts - 20/04/2011 01:58:45 PM 1023 Views
I know. rebelaessedai - 20/04/2011 09:01:11 PM 1240 Views
Sorry for some reason I thought you had just got married. random thoughts - 20/04/2011 09:52:24 PM 1473 Views
Good luck to them! *NM* rebelaessedai - 22/04/2011 04:25:38 AM 455 Views
Re: The fact that you are referring to a fiancé and comparing it to wife says a lot Tihs Tnuc - 19/04/2011 04:34:34 PM 933 Views
From the information that you have presented... Jeordam - 19/04/2011 03:50:19 PM 1199 Views
I am in agreement with you, and I'm not particularly Christian. Helene - 19/04/2011 04:11:57 PM 945 Views
Which is sad (not the agreement, but their potential future) Jeordam - 19/04/2011 06:29:47 PM 1021 Views
Oh yes... I'm of course not sure. I can be way off base :-) Let's hope I am. Helene - 19/04/2011 06:55:13 PM 1009 Views
Could go either way. Dannymac - 19/04/2011 04:36:02 PM 974 Views
I get the impression that it's more about her forming toward him than vice versa Helene - 19/04/2011 06:56:37 PM 991 Views
Giving up is one thing, growing past is another. Dannymac - 19/04/2011 10:00:55 PM 938 Views
Oh, to be fair, he's the friend and she's the wife Helene - 20/04/2011 08:43:12 AM 908 Views
I don't necessarily think it will end in a breakup or divorce. Clover - 19/04/2011 04:44:11 PM 963 Views
I think you are 100% right about having a good realtionship with your spouse's family random thoughts - 19/04/2011 05:07:12 PM 973 Views
I think this is about priorities. rebelaessedai - 20/04/2011 01:07:20 AM 1118 Views
Our priorities may shift over time, too. We're still very young and more tied to our families. Clover - 20/04/2011 03:09:54 AM 924 Views
Even when younger, I was independent. rebelaessedai - 20/04/2011 05:29:59 AM 860 Views
*nods* Clover - 20/04/2011 06:25:29 AM 1046 Views
rebelaessedai - 22/04/2011 04:29:32 AM 1247 Views
Not the former for sure, and maybe not the latter. Palatine - 19/04/2011 05:55:03 PM 1021 Views
I think it's impossible for me to judge their future status without knowing more about them LadyLorraine - 19/04/2011 07:22:32 PM 977 Views
Can't tell. nossy - 19/04/2011 10:04:27 PM 940 Views
I'm with the 'can't tell' crowd. Antigone - 19/04/2011 11:37:17 PM 1247 Views
hell, or she could just not care too much at all LadyLorraine - 19/04/2011 11:43:21 PM 968 Views
What you said in the original question wouldn't neccessarily mean much to me either way. Tashmere - 20/04/2011 01:56:55 AM 995 Views
It's not all out "she's worthless", it's more like "she's a bit silly with all her wishes" Helene - 20/04/2011 08:46:49 AM 961 Views
That would still be a deal breaker for me. Tashmere - 20/04/2011 11:49:09 PM 970 Views
I'm leaning more towards your interpretation. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 20/04/2011 02:15:22 AM 432 Views
I don't know. *NM* (I feel bad for the 20 people who viewed this message- my apologies) Vivien - 20/04/2011 04:36:13 AM 1014 Views
I'm with you on this. *NM* Camilla - 20/04/2011 10:00:41 AM 481 Views
*sigh* Yunalesca - 20/04/2011 09:25:02 PM 1087 Views
Re: I mean, it's not good. *NM* Gaps - 20/04/2011 11:50:21 PM 422 Views
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