# The best part about being married. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327 "2003-04-26T15:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/21 "2003-04-27T16:47:05Z")
Why thank you, Washte. Glad to be aboard! ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/22 "2003-04-27T16:58:42Z")
You’re welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/23 "2003-04-27T17:19:43Z")
Hell, if even _I_ can hold my own in a flirt thread, there’s hope, **bittersweet**. It’s spring\*… Oh, and welcome to the boards. 🙂 [sub]\*at least where I am. Gotta remember to think globally…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![DEVA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@DEVA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DEVA)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/24 "2003-04-27T18:53:32Z")
Having someone crack me up every single day. Getting kissed on my forehead when he gets out of bed before me. Raising our kids in a two-parent household that’s **healthy** and **loving** and think: “We did this! There were no people and then there were people…!!!” Laughing at cartoons together. Playing video games together. **When I’m sick, he doesn’t think twice about taking a sick day to stay home and care for me.** When one of the kids is sick, he doesn’t automatically assume that it’s MY job to stay home from work. He’s my ‘Yes’ man 🙂 Having unadulturated sex and not being ashamed to try new things. Simultaneous orgasms! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/25 "2003-04-27T21:01:35Z")
Sex. Lots and lots of sex. ---
**Author:** ![cmosdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/26 "2003-04-27T21:40:51Z")
_Originally by **FairyChatMom** _ > [@](#): > > I know if I needed him, he’d be on the next plane south. And I’d do the same for him. You’d be on the next plane south if he never needed you?? JUST KIDDING! **Geobabe** : “Sex. Lots and lots of sex.” Newlywed, I presume? ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/27 "2003-04-27T21:48:26Z")
Spooning. Having constant access to good conversation. Back tickling. Comfort. Security. (I’m still a Dread Pirate, though. Don’t be getting any ideas about me going soft!) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/28 "2003-04-27T21:50:49Z")
Yes, she’s a newlywed, but I’m just getting warmed up! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/29 "2003-04-27T22:00:34Z")
The best part about being married - I’d have to say the companionship. I’ve always thought of myself as a somewhat unsocial loner, but it turns out that I am just picky about the people I want to spend time with. It’s also great to know that there is someone who is always there for you, and is always on your side. ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/30 "2003-04-27T23:57:32Z")
I admit it; its an ego trip. Hey, a guy actually signed the papers which say he wants to spend his life with me! I mustn’t be too bad after all! It goes without saying that he is the nicest guy in the world, too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/31 "2003-04-28T00:06:59Z")
Having someone else to blame for the mess. What? ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/32 "2003-04-28T00:28:52Z")
Being able to use your wedding ring as a back-up beer bottle opener. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/33 "2003-04-28T15:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmosdes \* > \*\*You’d be on the next plane south if he never needed you?? > \*\* Well, yeah. [Cartman]Needy people piss me off![/Cartman] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/34 "2003-04-28T16:06:33Z")
You all are giving me hope about the whole relationship/marriage/couples thingy. All this time I thought people were exaggerating about how great it was to be married…now I’m rethinking my belief system and accepting that maybe my not-so-great marriage was…well, not so great, y’know? So thanks, happily-married-Dopers. Best, karol ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/35 "2003-04-28T17:48:20Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by DEVA_ > Having someone crack me up every single day. > > Getting kissed on my forehead when he gets out of bed before me. Ok, I know I owe you a huge apology for this, but honest to God, I first read this as, “Having someone **kiss my crack** every single day.” And I thought, Wow! What a great marriage! 😉 For me, I love the true companionship of it. Not really “us against the world” so much as “us in the world.” I’ve got a partner who will continue to explore life with me and support everything I want to do, who I can come home to and play Scrabble at all hours with. I can be a total slob around him-- an unshowered sweatpants-and-frayed-socks horror–and he’ll make me feel beautiful anyway. And one really stupid reason that’s still nice, is that I can talk about living with him and my parents are OK with that now. Hee hee. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/36 "2003-04-28T18:19:18Z")
He brings me breakfast in bed every morning. He rests his hand on me at night during nightmares (mine or his). He kisses me all the time. He thinks I’m beautiful, no matter how scruffy I feel. Being in constant love, no matter where he is. No longer having to hate New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/37 "2003-04-28T20:14:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aasna \* > \*\*now if only y’all would catch my boyfriend and beat all this into his thick (but very loveable) head… \*\* Ya know, you could alway ask him… ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/38 "2003-04-28T22:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\*Ya know, you could alway ask him… \*\* i’m too young right now. need to build myself some sort of a career before i do the whole “i give thee my student loans” business. but that doesn’t mean he has to laugh in my face when i even mention the M-word, does it? _trembling lower lip_ ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/39 "2003-04-28T23:06:45Z")
"I get to see naked boobies every day! " Whose? Yours? 🙂 Best thing about being married is you get to give up sex. ---
**Author:** ![Becky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Becky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327/40 "2003-04-28T23:10:09Z")
{{{{{{{{ **aasna** }}}}}}}} People (sorry, just so happens that lots of people are guys) can be so insensitive about things like that. I don’t know if they just don’t realize that it is important to others, or what … I’m sorry you got that response. It can really bite, eh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-about-being-married/171327.md?page=3)