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Today, my husband and I are celebrating two years of marriage. In honor of that, I’m sharing two lessons in marriage we’ve learned in the last two years.
Today is my and my husband’s two year wedding anniversary. I mentioned this on Friday, but most days I just cannot believe it’s already been two years. Others, it feels like it’s been much longer. 😉 But we’ve been together for dang near 12 years anyway, so that has a lot to do with it, ha!
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Anyway, today, I want to take a few minutes to share some things that we’ve learned in the last 730 days. We are by no means marriage experts, but I know we’re doing something right. I hope you enjoy and feel free to share some lessons from your own marriage!
Lessons in Marriage: Two Years Later
ONE // Communicate
This lesson is in no way unique, and one you can find anywhere. Nevertheless, it’s extremely important. Somehow, we never really fought before moving in together. Sharing a space 24/7 introduced a completely new dynamic, as it does with any relationship. I got to see his quirks in a whole new way and he got to see mine (and boy do I have them). We annoyed each other in new ways and figured out how to make our personalities mesh together.
For that to work, we had to learn to communicate effectively and respectfully. He can’t read my mind and replying with, “I’m fine,” when he asks, “What’s wrong?” isn’t going to cut it. I’m naturally a very timid and introverted person and marriage has helped me to become more outspoken because I’m finally realizing that I’m not going to get anywhere if I don’t open my mouth. As for him, he went from being an established bachelor to suddenly having someone else to think about throughout the day and where the future is concerned. He’s a go-getter and has had to learn to slow down and give me a heads up on all things big and small.
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TWO // Separate Hobbies
We are each other’s best friend. Truly, there is no one in the world that I would rather spend time with than my husband, and I’m 105 percent sure he feels the same way. But sometimes there can be such a thing as too much togetherness. We’ve decided that part of the reason we don’t get sick of each other is because we have separate hobbies. Between blogging and fitness coaching, I have a whole world to consume myself in and he does the same thing with his cutlery, and now leather work. We can sit right next to each other working on completely different things, but share in each other’s excitement every now and then. Being able to escape into our different worlds allows us to appreciate the true one-on-one time that much more.
Separate hobbies so key!