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Reader Stories: What Made You Decide to Get Married?

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Readers share how they decided to get married and what they wish they had known before walking down the aisle.

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Love Reaches Beyond Gaps of Time and Distance

My relationships where not the greatest, I had insecurities and this reflected on my choices on the men I decided to date. Finally after a fling with a past partner who happened to walk into my life …More

Engaged

As far as being engaged. I was not prepared for my parents. I try hard to respect them. But, they don't want me to get married to this man. But, it is my life and I am confident that our future will …More

Not Married Yet - Jitters?

My fiancee has become very controlling, and bossy. This will be his third marriage, my second. Everything is paid for, we're just waiting for the day, too much money has been spent to call off this w…More

Total Opposites

Although we are not married yet, I know obstacles will come our way. That's a normal part of life. No one is exempt to that. So once again we will call on our creator and get through all things throu…More

Already Established Life-Long Commitment

Nothing, really. Marriage doesn't change anything except legal and social recognition of what already existed. I suppose, however, I wasn't prepared for the response I got when I informed my family o…More

Military Marriage and Deployments

The distance but he is military so it was gonna happen. We had been together 5 years and married 3 years before we lived together for more than 2 months and finally got to know each other and realize…More

Wasn't Even Looking

The roller-coaster ride. How feelings can ebb and flow, but the love always comes back in the right environment. We've had several underwater times ... when I would day-dream about being on my own ..…More

Still in Fear

I feel like I'm going to somewhere which is far from my experience. I feel fear. I feel as I'm not capable for being a wife. I have been asking most of my friends why they got married. All reasons ot…More

A Way to Symbolize My Decision

Marriage is a big psychological adjustment: you go from a situation where you have an open-ended commitment to one where you've committed to making a partnership work for the rest of your life. No ma…More

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