How much, and how, do you love your SO?

[keturah]

@Maastricht

Is that directed at me, or at others who chose option “I want out”?

Really both I guess. It seems from your posts recently you spend alot of time contemplating getting out. To me that doesn’t sound like a happy or even comfortable way to live. Life is too short to spend ot wishing things were otherwise and not act on it in some way.

[Spice_Weasel]

LOVE. Ten years together, six years married. We are madly in love. My feelings for him are beyond words. Not a single day passes where I don’t feel gratitude and awe at what we have.

[JKellyMap]

@JKellyMap

I picked 2 and 5 – the latter because, for almost two years (and for the next month or so), there has been a possum sharing our bed.

My wife just asked me to clarify that we don’t have a real possum sharing our bed, just a toddler.

I think it’s funny she’s worried you Dopers will have taken me literally.

[chela]

purple finger:(

[Hari_Seldon]

LOVE. For 48 years. Without her, I can’t imagine where I’d be.

[scratch_llll]

29 years today and all the way to a field of stone. Seeing her is always the best part of my day.

Possums latched onto your calf are pretty great too. They hardly ever do that at age 27 though.

[JKellyMap]

@scratch_llll

Possums latched onto your calf are pretty great too. They hardly ever do that at age 27 though.

Agreed.

[carlotta]

@JKellyMap

My wife just asked me to clarify that we don’t have a real possum sharing our bed, just a toddler.

I think it’s funny she’s worried you Dopers will have taken me literally.

I took you literally, because I once had a possum in my bed.

But I thought you were weird for being ok with it.

[JKellyMap]

@carlotta

I took you literally, because I once had a possum in my bed.

But I thought you were weird for being ok with it.

My wife was right (as usual) – my clarification WAS necessary!

[Happy_Lendervedder]

@Happy_Lendervedder

Seven years together, five years married, and I can’t imagine life without her. She’s the only person I actually like spending time with (aside from our kids).

@Maastricht

Wow. Reminds me of this statistic
Friendship - Wikipedia
and this blog:
http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/2009/04/07/my-wife-is-my-best-friend-the-guy-code-and-the-inability-to-get-naked-without-getting-naked/

This is kind of different outside the US, although I can only speak for the Netherlands. Men here invest more time in (male) friends and their own family, so, in friendships outside their romantic partner. Perhaps that leads to less passionate marriages, I don’t know.

The thing for me is that I just have never had close friends, and I’ve never really wanted close friends. My wife is my best friend, and if something were to happen to her, I don’t think I’d ever feel the need to seek out another “best friend.”

[msmith537]

@Maastricht

Wow. Reminds me of this statistic
Friendship - Wikipedia

Wow…apparantly cows make friends! My SO will love that!

[corkboard]

As cliche as it is, each year that goes by makes me realize even more how happy I am in my life and in my marriage. My wife is a fantastic woman and I’m so in love with her. She’s my best friend. We’ve known each other for 27 years, have been together for 17 and married for 14. She’s beautiful and loving and is a wonderful mother. Our romance is both emotionally and physically strong.

So, #2.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

I love my wife. I’d die for her; I’d kill for her; I’d commit treason for her. There have been times in our marriage when I didn’t actually like her, but I’ve been in love with her from about two months into dating her.

[Vihaga]

He’s my other half. Not only do I like and love him, but I also respect and admire him more than anyone else I know.