“What’s hard to sustain is some ideal that it’s perfect. That’s ridiculous. What’s fantastic about marriage is getting through those ebbs and flows with the same person, and looking across the room and saying, ‘I’m still here. And I still love you.’ You re-meet, reconnect.”— Jennifer Aniston, vanityfair.com
“And I’m trying to cry too, but mostly because marriage means change and it means life is just turning into a series of vignettes, a few pops of Major Events before the ultimate nothing.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“There are two big days in any love story: the day you meet the girl of your dreams and the day you marry her.”— Craig Thomas, Carter Bays, Ted Mosby, Josh Radnor, amazon.com
“For a really long time that's all I had. Little moments with a girl who saw me as a friend. And a lot of people told me I was crazy to wait this long for a date with a girl who I worked with, but I think, even then I knew, I was waiting for my wife.”— Jim Halpert, amazon.com
“Jim: Four years ago, I was just a guy who had a crush on a girl who had a boyfriend. And I had to do the hardest thing I ever had to do, which was just to wait. Don't get me wrong—I flirted with her. Pam, I can now admit in front of friends and family that I do know how to make a photocopy. I didn't…”— Jim Halpert And Pam Beasley, amazon.com
“What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“I know you love her. If anything, you love her too much.’ ‘There’s no such thing.’ ‘Yeah, well… I’m just saying that she’s not always the easiest person to be married to.’ ‘That’s because she’s a woman.’ ‘Don’t start second-guessing yourself now. Unless you were willing to move halfway across the co…”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“It's all any of us wants, to find a nice person to hang out with until we drop dead. Not a lot to ask!”— Lorelai Gilmore, amazon.com
“My ex and I were both very religious so had no sex before marriage and saw all kinds of signs that God had brought us together.! We ignored good advice from both sides of our families to not get married because we were sure that God was in control! Once we were married I then learn she is not sexual…”— insight7777, reddit.com
“I left my ex wife to be with my current wife of almost ten years. I have never been happier, we have 4 kids and things are amazing. My ex wife was a manipulative, abusive, controlling bitch, she cheated on me multiple times. I thought i had a kid with her but i actually don't, and it has been proven…”— devilsadvocate09, reddit.com
“Left my fiancé for my current husband. Together six years now, married for three, have a 5 year old. We are very happy! No regrets at all. He's way better for me and I'm glad he's the one I married. I can see myself growing old with him, he's my best friend and my partner, but I doubt my ex and I wo…”— EatsPeanutButter, reddit.com
“I was married for about 16 years, but unhappy and had been contemplating leaving for a couple of years (dead bedroom, we never did anything together, she spent all day watching soaps to have me come home and watch a couple shows together before she'd fall asleep on the couch, etc). I had tried to ge…”— evilmonkey2, reddit.com
“I was with the same man at a young age and after 10 years we grew apart and became different people. I was miserable and we could not work together to save our life. I met a man who I had a connection with, he was also in a 10 year relationship with kids. Almost 3 years later and So far it's working…”— Reyoflight2325, reddit.com
“I left my wife because I realized I could do better, a LOT better, she was overly jealous, insecure and always angry, when not angry she was depressed. It was the best decision of my life, my only regret is not leaving her sooner.”— HumanIncarnite, reddit.com
“I left my husband of three years to be with someone I'd only known a few months. We're still together eleven years later and we absolutely sicken other people with how mushy we are. We are still best friends and straight up stupid for each other. To be fair, the previous relationship wasn't working…”— ThatSquareChick, reddit.com
“It's been fantastic. It caused a rift with my kids, which I deeply regret, but I'm sure I'd be long dead, had I stayed with ex. I was terribly depressed and unhappy. The moral of the story is, marry the right person the first time. I realized it was the wrong thing, even before the wedding, but I wa…”— Alan_Smithee_, reddit.com
“My ex husband was an abusive alcoholic. I left him and moved across the country to be with family. My husband's ex wife was a complete slut-and was a drunk who had run off with other guys a lot, leaving my husband and their two year old home alone on holidays, she was just the worst. At the time I w…”— Goldcoinsandsleet, reddit.com
“I did and I'm now married to the other person. We are very happy. Our respective kids are happy and they all get along. My parents love my new husband and his parents love me. So yeah, so far it's all good. My only regret is that I stayed in an unhappy marriage for far too long”— debbie_upper, reddit.com
“Marriage was already over, just not officially separated and out of the house. She was a friend I was fooling around with, and when I moved out, it didn't stop. It developed into a relationship a few months later and here we are a year and a half later. She's moved in and we're quite happy. I guess…”— epileptrick, reddit.com