Introductions

Please take a minute to introduce yourself. We would like to know more about our new friends!

How long have you been married?

Do you get quality time with your husband?

Children at home?

Can you share a little about your marriage/household?

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Samantha Lewis on October 15, 2009 at 8:29pm

Hello, my name is Samantha. I live in Colorado and have been married 6 years November 1st. Lately we have not had much quality time alone. We ave a 3year old and a 10 week old. We are lucky to see each other in passing. I actually miss him and feel we are a little distant with each other. I'm hoping that is because we are so busy with the kids and it will pass. I'm so tired by the time we get to bed I just want to sleep. I also own my own business so when he gets home I'm doing my own appointments. Please tell me it gets better.

Look forward to talking to everyone and getting some great ideas to spice up the marriage and sex if you know what I mean. LOL!
Sam

Permalink Reply by Kristina on November 14, 2009 at 9:05am

Hi all,

I'm from Long island, NY. I just joined this group, hope to make new connections!

The hubby and I have been married for 3 years and we have two beautiful boys. With a three year old and a baby, it isn't always the easiest to get QT together, but we do it. I have to admit, sometimes I just want to forgo the cuddling and just read a book or go to sleep!

One tip for keeping the romance that a friend shared during my sis in law's bachelorette party is that every day you should always try to make sure you and your husband kiss for a full minute, and when you're a busy mama and papa you'll begin looking forward to those sweet little moments of intimacy :)

Permalink Reply by Aimee Brown on September 14, 2010 at 12:14pm

hey girlios.... i haven't done this yet so here i am...
How long have you been married? 13 years in october actually my anniversary this year is on 10-10-10 cool!

Do you get quality time with your husband? uh... never... AND he generally works out of state all week except on weekends.

Children at home? 3 of them....

Can you share a little about your marriage/household? we are close... we're loud, and we all feel like we grew up together.. i got married had my first baby at 19... now my oldest is almost 13... aahhh.. lol
aims

Permalink Reply by Darlene Haskins on March 22, 2011 at 5:33am

I have been Married for 12 years, with him for 14. We have 3 kids and we adopted my neice. Ages 14, 12, 9 & 7. It gets busy around the house so we have limited quality time, but we make it work. It makes us both happy that we have a great family. My hubby works nights and I am a SAHM. I take up babysitting jobs and I am currently looking into becoming a facilitator for Love and Logic. I can work it around my already busy schedule and really feel like I am making a difference. All my kids are Scouts and very involved in the community. I was raised that way and I think that it makes you a well rounded person if you are involved. i help out who and when I can. i have had trouble saying NO, I just try to squeeze everything in. I am not a delegator, though I am getting better at it. Well, that's a snap shot of my llife...lol.

Permalink Reply by Nikki Taylor on March 23, 2011 at 10:42am

Hello All-

My name is Nikki. I am married to the love of my life and we have two beautiful little girls ages 2 and 4. I also have been blessed to be able to work from home helping others save on their gas so that I don't have to leave my girls. I love being married! We've been married for five years and going strong. We don't get as much " out of the house" quality time as we might like because we do have younger children but that's okay because we have a great time as a family and we are very blessed. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. Please feel free to add me as a friend.

Nikki Taylor

Go Green Fuel Queen-Wife-Mother-Daughter-Friend

www.gogreenfuelqueen.goxft.com

Permalink Reply by Darcy Alsop on April 5, 2011 at 3:10pm

Hi! I am Darcy. I am almost 39 and I have been married for 15 years this October.

Quality time with my husband is rare but it does happen. We try to carve out as much as possible but with two kids (12/boy and 3/girl) we are very busy with their lives and activities.

Marriage is definitely challenging, especially when you add kids to the mix. We were together for five years (married for 1 1/2 of those) before we had our son. The shift in the dynamic of our relationship didn't come easy. I still think we were a little young and immature and having a child changed us in so many ways. We were not prepared for the sleepless nights, the long days and the neverending needs of a child. Obviously we got better with time but there were some significant rocky periods. We were both struggling with work and school and juggling the demands of being parents and spouses. It put a major strain on our relationship. We made it through with some help of a counselor and support of our family. We decided to have another child and since she came into our lives, things have been (mostly) wonderful. I think we were better equiped to handle a baby and we certainly didn't have the same levels of stress that we had many years before. We were also much older and confident in our ability to raise a child, heck we had one that had made it to 9 years old relatively unscathed...

Permalink Reply by Summer Bauder on May 4, 2011 at 10:03am

How long have you been married?

We have been married for almost ONE year (5/15) & been together for just over 4 years

Do you get quality time with your husband?
Between kids, school, work, dialysis, doctors......I thought quality time was extinct!

Children at home?
We have a 6 y/o daughter (her bio dad is MIA since she was 6 mos old...hubby is her DADDY in every sense of the word! :o)

Can you share a little about your marriage/household

There's really not much to tell...I am a temp...on an assignment for the next year (maybe longer - fingers crossed!) & I'm the sole support for our home. I cook, clean, walk 2 dogs (we have a cat too...but she doesnt' like the leash), & hubby helps our daughter with her school work & cooks/cleans when he can. He was diagnosed with ESRD (kidney failure) just a couple of months ago & is on dialysis 3x a week. In the evenings, we try to watch a movie or a show on TV...but it doesn't always work out. We never end a phone call with out telling each other "I love you"