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Attention, all newlyweds: You have a decade of wedded bliss ahead before it all goes to hell, according to a new survey. Ten years and 11 months together, to be exact. The Daily Mail reports that married couples are likely to get itchy with one another around this time, and not the more conventionally held seven years.
Why does it all go downhill after a decade? Well, a quarter of the couples surveyed complained that a lack of romantic gestures caused their marriages to lose their luster. Worse yet, a further 12 percent couldn't remember the last time they received a compliment from their spouse, while six out of 10 needed to be reminded why they married their partner in the first place. Ouch.
To no one's surprise, sex was also to blame. Not even the lack of it -- but a total lack of enthusiasm about it, for one-fifth of the 3,000 married people questioned. No figures were revealed as to how excited they were about the prospect of sex with someone other than their partner.
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Wednesday 27 October
By Penny
Here's a tip for every marriage...wait till AFTER the wedding to "consummate". If you have relations before your vows, you lose enthusiasm for intimacy faster afterwards.
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Wednesday 27 October
By katie
Old fashion but it works...........where has the respect for ourselves and others gone
these days? Anyone can "perform" sex, takes that word LOVE to give as well as recieve. Our hearts know................why aren't we listening?
Wednesday 27 October
By s
Wait till after your marriage to make love? this is your advice for a lasting marriage? The Sex Before or After Marriage is not the issue. The issue is people marrying for all the wrong reasons. They normally don't even know the person before proposing or accepting the proposal.
Dating is not just something you do for fun, it is meant as a way to learn about each others habits,beliefs ,and hopes and dreams.To see if you are compatible,and to see if Love even exists.Take time,build on the relationship, and if he or she is self centered and selfish ,this will be revealed before you say I DO.Another problem I see in many marriages is ,some are too willing to bail ,at the first sign of a problem . You need to realize, marriage is between 2 people,and this means there will be differences . You need to be willing to work on these differences,to find a compromise you are BOTH HAPPY WITH,not a 1 sided plan where 1 party is always giving in to satisfy the other.This is why they call it a partnership,cause you work as partners not individuals.
Wednesday 27 October
By mckenz707
AFTER 40 YEARS OUR MARRIAGE IS SO DEAD IT STINKS. HE HAS A SPENDING HABIT ON HIS HOBBIESS AND HAS FROM THE START OF OUR MARRIAGE. I WANTED TO BE THE NICE PERSON AND GAVE INTO HM ON ALL THINGS. IT GOT TO WHERE HER WOULD MAKE MY AND MY CHILDRENS LIFE HELL BECAUSE WE NEEDED CLOTHES. HE COMMENTS WERE,DON'T PUT ANYTHING ON THE CHARGE CARD AND THEN HE WOULD PUT HIS DAMN THINGS ON IT. IT IS NOW 40 YEARS LATER, AND ITS STILL HAPPENING. WHEN I TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT HE TWISTS AND TURNS MY WORDS TO WHERE I THINK I MUST BE WRONG UNTIL I THINK ABOUT IT AND KNOW I'M RIGHT. I SERIOUSLY AM THINKING ABOUT DIVORCING AND THEN THE PROPERTY, ETC WILL SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. I'M SO SICK OF HIM AND HIS SHIT, I GOTTA GET OUT AND FAST. I'M GETTING TO OLD FOR THIS CRAP AND I'M SOOOO TIRED OF IT. PEOPLE, DON'T GIVE YOUR SPOUSES THE UPPER HAND AND BE TO GOOD TO THEM, IT'S WON'T WORK UNLESS THEY GIVE BACK TO YOU!
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Wednesday 27 October
By lol
u mad
Wednesday 27 October
By someonewhounderstands
You're being emotionally abused & have been for yrs. You're too old to be told what to do!
Wednesday 27 October
By thegrrrr8est
mckenz....maybe it's because you type in all caps. Men hate that. PEOPLE hate that. It makes you look insane.
I'm just saying....
Wednesday 27 October
By someonewhounderstands
2 many of u r being emotionally abused...anyone see Dr. Phil today? Right now!
Wednesday 27 October
By Jessica
Wow ..... it sounds like we were married to the exact same guy! I had enough of the jerk after 15 years and finally found enough courage to leave. Get out and start living your life!
Wednesday 03 November
By badass
I would have left him 39 years and 11 months ago.
Wednesday 27 October
By lol
u mad
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Wednesday 27 October
By ErinMichelle
Amen! We must be married to the same idiot. Only I'm getting my dream divorce right now because of that same crap, so don't think you're alone! I've never been happier. $6000 in legal fees to split up hundreds of thousands in assets (including his porn stash, which counts as a collectible, by the way).
I knew our marriage went stale when he took my student loans to buy Nutty Mads and clothes for his damn GI Joes, then later a motorcycle. Someone that greedy and selfish has long quit thinking about you and your happiness, so get gone and start the good, happy life God intended you to have.
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Wednesday 27 October
By Jessica
Same here! The idiot I was married to spent all his time and money on motorcycles, toy trains and beer. $4000 in legal fees and I am free after 15 years! Go live your life and be HAPPY!
Wednesday 27 October
By Brenda
My marriage went stale about 5 years into it. He was so self centered and selfish even our friends didn't want to come to our house. We have been married for 44 years, but seperate for about 10. We get along alot better...
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Wednesday 27 October
By Southpaw
40 years? Why the wait? Took your student loans? The divorce should have happened right after that. Never been married and don't want to be.
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Wednesday 27 October
By Mike Nicholes
This author is full of more crap than a constipated cow. Been married for 46 years and it's still exciting and satisfying for both of us.
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Wednesday 27 October
By Jeanne Murray
To everything there is a season....even marriage. And wait to have sex till after your married? No freaking way! You may get stuck with a crappy lover for a very long time:) And who are we kidding? Sex is crucial for emotional & physical health.
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Wednesday 27 October
By Rae
Amen.
Wednesday 27 October
By someonewhounderstands
Mike, Unfortunately, your is not the norm. Many women, feel trapped b.c of their children or from being beaten down emotionally & afraid they can't make it on their own. Thank God there are still "happily mariieds" out there!
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Wednesday 27 October
By Hmmmm
Hmmmm........I see a pattern here. HE used to be the apple of your eye and now he's just an eyesore....even though for YEARS you were ALWAYS the apple of his eye...even when you put on weight and quit shaving he still saw the hottie he met years ago.........now you just push him away 'cause your no longer content with yourself and feel you don't deserve the ogling anymore but you blame it on his rebellious spending on his hobbies because he does'nt know what else to do to get YOU off his mind.
Who's selfish???
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