Gettin' hitched Saturday

jonboyjs

jonboyjs

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Finally tying the knot on Saturday after 4 1/2 years total and a 2 1/2 year engagement. She loves off roading, shooting (she has 2 handguns and a Mossberg of her own now :uzi:,) making drinks, camping and getting her boots dirty. Any life advice from you guys who have been there, done that? Neither of us have been married before and we both feel good about it.

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Marrying my wife was the best part of my life. Now we have a baby girl and it has only gotten better.

Cherish the little stuff. Remember that she is and always will be your best friend through the good and bad times. And don't hide anything from her. Secrets are the cancer of a relationship.
 
make sure you're financially stable. nothing brings more strife in a realtionship than money woes. if you're living hand to mouth it'll be an issue.

secondly, don't go to bed mad.

third, compromise.
 
congrats , sounds like you found the perfect wife ! Pretty , likes off roading , shoots and owns her own guns and likes getting dirty .....you are a lucky man .
 
Congratulations!

I'll second what has already been said... if you're honest with each other and work together as a team, you'll do ok.
 
orangecherokee said:
make sure you're financially stable. nothing brings more strife in a realtionship than money woes. if you're living hand to mouth it'll be an issue.
secondly, don't go to bed mad.
third, compromise.
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I agree completly, when we got married in march i was solidly financially stable, last month had issues at work and wound up quiting. Still payin the bills with what im doin now, but struggling at it. It has just brought us closer together! Good luck with your marriage sounds like you got ahold of a good one, as did i.
 
I would have to say that counseling is not really a bad idea. I had a couple that i am friends with do it before they got married it helped them alot. Counseling will help sort out small stuff that can really undermine a relationship quickly.

It doesn't have to be a shrink, it could be with a minister or priest.
 
Well just found out today after my initial phone interview there is a good chance I'll be going to work in Afghanistan for a year as a site medic. Excellent pay and benefits, tax free, but only 30 days home. I spent a lot of time away in the Corps and I feel that I'm more mentally prepared now than I was 10 years ago, but it's going to be a first for her. I guess fixing one strain (money) will offer up another (long distance.)
 
If she sticks with you through the hard times you will learn two things, one, that shes a damn keeper, and two, that the good times will be even better!
 
hadfield4wd said:
I'll say financially honest. Be completely honest with what you have, where you spend it etc.
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definitely. that too. it was a real peach of day when I brought up the last set of tires I bought :lol: which leads into #2: don't go to bed mad (well at least her)
 
Be honest, be willing to compromise, tell her you love her everyday, & never go to bed mad......pretty much what has already been said.

It's worked for 12 years of marriage....

Congrats!!
 
Nah, not nervous. Like I said we've been engaged for over 2 years, more just ready to get it over with, lol. It is going to be a good size wedding though and it will be nice to have most of my friends in one place since they're all from down in the flatlands and I've been up here for 4 1/2 years.
 
Congrats! My only input is, what you see is what you get. I see too many "bad" marriages because of the old "I thought I could change him/her." You get will go thru great times and bad times together. It seams with us the hard times make us closer and the good times are icing on the cake. I'm no expert but we dated almost six years so we knew each other very well. We will be at the beach together this Oct. 8th celebrating our 28th anniversary.
PS: I noticed in the picture you are letting her out of the handcuffs, not too soon I hope...:lol:
 
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