Definitely, we’ve had our ups and downs and have experienced pretty much everything a couple can experience (so far) and maybe more. Our feelings have gone topsy turvey and our tempers have run its highs. It took plenty of fights and challenges to realize that we were in it for the long haul.

Being blessed with three healthy intelligent children has been the best blessing of all. We’ve each made our comprises and accepted sacrifices for the betterment of the family. Once upon a time my husband worked abroad so that we would be financially stable but after a year and a half we put things in perspective and realized that we would rather have a wealth of family than wealth of money. I had also taken a job at a call center but after six months I had to make a choice of family or a burgeoning career. It was definitely a choice to be made as it was destroying my relationship with my husband. There may be those that say that you should accept everything about your partner but truth be told that’s not always the case. Oftentimes you have to weigh what’s important versus what you need to stand up for. At the time my marriage outweighed any job I could possibly have.

Thankfully, we have reached a point in our marriage where trust and understanding has developed. We’re able to give space to one another and know that the other is there no matter what. You can say that we’ve mellowed and are now focused on rearing our children but that’s not to say that we don’t have the occasional fight. We do but instead of yelling our heads off and making threats to end the relationship we shout (just a bit) and each tell our side then we each go to our corners and take a rest just like in boxing!A lasting relationship can happen but it’s all about what you can accept.