Dan and I celebrated our one-year anniversary a few weeks ago. One of my marriage goals for March was to reflect on our first year of marriage. While I did that in the blog I shared on our actual anniversary, I had some additional thoughts on our marriage and on marriage in general.
I tend to tweet about Dan with the hashtag #besthusbandever. He is seriously so good to me that I sometimes can’t even believe he’s actually my husband.
When we’re flirting, I’ll often say he’s the perfect man or a perfect husband. He tells me he married the perfect woman. We joke that we’re lucky we found each other because no one else would be good enough.
It’s a fun flirtation, but like most teasing, it’s an exaggeration on reality.
The truth is, Dan and I are very good for each other. We are ridiculously compatible. Our strengths complement each other well.
But we are not perfect.
Our marriage is strong. We survived some pretty rough stuff in our first year of marriage. We are in this for the long run.
But our marriage is not perfect.
And that is why I love the Marriage & Relationship Goals link-up. We acknowledge that our marriages are not perfect, but each month, we make intentional choices to improve our relationships.
I normally just link-up with my regular Monthly Goals post, which includes marriage goals among other goals. But this month I’m co-hosting!
If you are married, engaged, or even just dating an awesome person, I encourage you to join us each month with the Marriage & Relationship Goals link-up. And while it’s a little on the heteronormative side, I welcome romantic relationships of all kind!
Love this idea!!! Marriage is such a gift and I love to see other uplifting blog posts about husbands!
I hope you link up next month! I love reading what all the women write.
What a great link-up idea! Marriage is such a journey and it is so important to seek grace rather than perfection. Happy anniversary!
“Seek grace rather than perfection.” YES ALL OF THIS! We can always strive to improve, but striving for perfection is unnecessarily stressful. Giving myself grace (and giving grace to Dan) has been an important part of my marriage.
I love this, its true that no marriage is perfect! But isn’t marriage just so much fun 🙂
I love marriage, like, a LOT. 🙂
I love this idea for this linkup! I was wondering, what days am I allowed to join? Can I join any day of the month? I’d love to know so I can prepare a post! Thanks!
The link-up is open for two weeks! I usually write my post on the first of the month and link it up the first Monday of the month. Only because I’m co-hosting did I write two posts. I would love to see you join us!
Oh, I like this– It’s interesting to read how other people navigate their relationships! And congrats on your one-year anniversary. That’s very exciting!
Thank you! I can’t believe it’s been a year already. I hope I feel the same way in ten years. 😀
What you said is absolutely right! We should think positively about our marriages but be humble enough to admit that it’s not perfect.
It’s nice to know my readers agree with me. 😉 Thanks for commenting!
It’s definitely a good thing to recognize where you succeed in marriage 🙂 Thanks for co-hosting!!!
Thanks for having me as a co-host!
My primary love language is Words of Affirmation. 😉 That helps!
Awww, this is awesome! Happy one year anniversary. A perfect marriage is definitely a myth, but I know a very happy one is possible. I’ve been noticing during our engagement how compatible my fiancé and I are. We definitely are perfect for each other! Relationships take work but it’s worth it to be with the right person for you.
Happy Anniversary!!! What a beautiful photo of the two of you! I love that despite going through some rough health (girl you know I’ve been there) the two of you are still so happy and feel like you are with the perfect person. That’s love!
The more honest we all are about the dirty laundry AND the good stuff that comes up in a real marriage..the happier we’ll all be. So I’m loving this! 🙂