14 Things You Didn’t Know About Marriage That Your Married Friends Also Chose To Hide From You

By Namrata Arora Last Updated: Apr 12, 2017 | 16:38:59 IST

When everyone around you is getting married, somewhere deep down in your heart, you wonder what it would be like to settle down yourself, finding your soulmate, starting the wedding preparations and having all the attention focused on yourself as obviously, you happen to be the bride!

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But as rosy as its positives might appear, there are a lot of hidden facts about marriage that remain hidden until you yourself step into this institution. And let alone strangers, but your own friends who are already married, don’t necessarily find it important to make you aware of them.

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So, we come to your rescue and tell you everything you need to know about this thing called marriage!

#1. The marriage functions are not as fun as they look in the wedding pictures

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Along with all that fun, they are tiring, hectic, full of small and big family fights and misunderstandings, with stress levels reaching the sky!

#2. Expectations never die

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Just when you thought that the world will start minding their own business and stop worrying about when you will get married, they will now start worrying and poking you about when you will have kids, how many do you plan to have, your relationship with your husband etc., etc.!

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#3. You are not together all the time

Yes, you may feel that marriage gives you the license to be together all the time and that you would want to also, but in reality, that isn’t the case. After the honeymoon phase is over, you are back to the grind- going to work, getting busy with life and meeting each other at the dinner table. Well, in most cases at least!

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#4. You miss your gang and your life before marriage

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That freedom, a life without responsibilities, hanging out with your buddies all the time, sleepovers every second night and just that being free wali feeling! You miss it all!

#5. Some years down the line, you do not have sex all the time

That is the harsh reality and it’s every bit of true! You get so busy with your work, the house, the kids and other things that sex becomes a very secondary part of your life. But, always work towards keeping the spark alive, no matter what!

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#6. Adjustments + compromises = a happy marriage

By this we do not mean that you always have to compromise, but with marriage comes certain amount of adjustments that you have to make. You need to change some habits and keep other’s wishes before yours at times, just so that everyone (including you) is happy!

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#7. You seldom compare your present with your past

Yes, you do and that’s okay. You don’t wish to go back to your past, but you just keep casually comparing; not only the negatives but the positives too. Everyone does it so it is totally cool!

#8. Your mom-in-law is not really a monster-in law

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Like you have always heard from your married friends and seen on television soaps, she might actually be an awesome person who could turn out to be your biggest support and best friend in your new house.

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#9. You fight a lot, like seriously- a lot

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Unless you are from some other planet, as soon as you get married, you will start fighting about something or the other. Sweet fights, funny fights, serious fights, not talking to each other type of fights and many more; there will be all types of fights.

#10. Your house is not really the party pad you thought it would be

Well, before marriage you were sure it would be, but after hosting a couple of parties and realising how much work and stress goes behind organising and cleaning up the after-party mess, you won’t allow your house to be that kind of a pad!

#11. You still have crushes

And as long as it remains a crush, you are not cheating on your husband. Who said it was wrong to appreciate beauty, right?

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#12. You don’t get adjusted right away

It takes time, day-by-day, your marriage sort of grows on you and taking one step at a time, adjustment by adjustment, you finally get the hang of it!

#13. ‘Responsibility’ is your new best friend

You are now responsible to make your home and a family. No one will come and set it up for you, but you yourself. Doing the household chores, paying the bills, getting the groceries, taking care of your new family, is all part of the package you signed up for.

#14. But at the end of the day, it’s all worth it

However difficult it might seem at times, you realise that marrying the love of your life was the best decision you ever made. You have a date for life, you can chit-chat with your best friend any time of the day or night, and you have a travelling and function-attending companion for life too!

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What else would you want after all those perks now? These surely are hidden facts but are not all that bad, as the ‘perks of marriage’ side is much brighter than the hidden facts!

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