Looking to hear from people married 10 years +, what advice would you give yourself in your earlier years of marriage?

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Communicate! Tell your partner what you want/need. Don’t expect them to know or to guess. Say “thank you” when they do things to contribute to the household, even when it’s things they “should” be doing anyway - voicing appreciation is impactful.

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Just make sure to communicate as much as possible and be as clear as you can…enjoy initial years to understand each other well before you plan for kids, look ahead and plan now for next 5/10 years specially if in US and is you are an immigrant consider exploring options to get PR or residency in any possible country so you don’t have to live at the mercy of employers when you got to feed a big family and living under the stress of immigration is a whole different thing.

Learn to be patient and get ready to make compromises in order to make the relationship work, there’s never my way or high way, it’s got to be a mutual agreement and mutual compromises to make the relationship work and if you are able to communicate this with your partner at the start the better it is for you both.

Otherwise enjoy the married life which is in fact a blessing!

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Myself Married for 10 years and four kids only regret is I should have planned my immigration thing better but it is what it is.

Also find the things you like to do together and the things you do separately. You do not need to have 100% the same interests so it is fine to carve out separate space too. The right balance is unique for each relationship so don’t feel like you need to follow another couples formula for success.

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Married 27 years - we made a promise the day we were married, we made it again to our kid when she started asking what divorce was.
She grew up knowing her parents love each other, but sometimes we argue/bicker/get mad and have strong emotions against each other, which doesn’t mean we will get divorced. This gave her reassurance during our fights that we are just fighting (often if we bickered in public, she would roll her eye and explain to anyone that we really loved each other it was us just having strong emotions).
Once I realized we will not be storybook happy all the time, our marriage leveled up.

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All fantastic advice about. Please allow to add a couple things:
-genuinely respect your partner. This should come from a place deep within your soul. Yes movie-style move is great, but allow your decisions and emotions to come from a place of deep respect for your partner as an individual
-be in control of your own happiness. There are times when your partner may be struggling emotionally with something external to you. Understand that, in those times, you need to show support for that person and not rely on that person to make you happy as well. Too often I’ve seen people who “can only be happy if their partner is happy.” That sounds nice, but if you can’t get yourself happy it’s unlikely you can help your partner be happy anyways.

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Understand the other persons “love language” and continue to pursue them, just like you did while you were dating

Be as honest as you can possibly be, even when the fear of rejection might come up. With that I'll add, be compassionate as you communicate the truth and dont attack the other person with your honesty. Remember you are talking to another person who thinks differently, and that's alright cause who would want to marry someone who brought the same exact thing that you bring to the table.

Your partner doesn’t “complete you” and there isn’t “the one.” You have to choose to work daily on yourself and your marriage. If you have a bad day, forgive and start over the next day. Marriage is the best yet hardest thing I have ever had to do. 2nd hardest thing is having kids. You have to willingly sacrifice your own selfish desires daily but wow I would do anything for my wife and 2 daughters. Love them forever.

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