5 Things I Learned In My First Year of Marriage

Wow, I can’t believe we have been married for a year! It feels like 10 days and 10 years at the same time! This first year of marriage looked nothing like we planned but it was amazing nonetheless! I won’t keep you in suspense the very best lesson I learned was being married to your best friend is the key!

Being stuck in the house for 9/12 months this year was bomb because I actually LIKE him! We made everyday tasks fun because all we need to do that is each other!

5 Things I Learned In My First Year of Marriage

Have Fun

I eluded to this above but you can’t take things or yourself too serious! Find the joy in every day, even if it’s just having coffee together! Every day won’t be a fairy tale but the small moments between the big things are where the two of you become the strongest!

Keep Your Independence

It’s super important that you still make time for you! You all don’t have to do everything together! I don’t know about you but the time we have AFTER I’ve been hanging with my girls’ is always a good one 😉

Discuss Expectations

I was placing expectations on myself that he didn’t even have of me! Here I am mad that he didn’t praise my dinner because I was super tired and put off a lot of things to cook for him. He was like, “babe we could’ve just thrown on a pizza. I don’t expect you to cook every day.”

Talking out the expectations we have of ourselves and each other really helped us understand and appreciate each other even more!

Trust In God And Your Support System

Regardless of how happy we are, this is our first time doing the marriage thing and that means we need help! Strengthening our spiritual relationship has literally changed our lives in this first year! Trusting God takes the stress off of things!

We also learned to lean on our support system. Being able to ask is this normal, are you experiencing this? Having rich conversations with our married peers helps us all grow and be better partners. It’s a lot easier for your girlfriends (Cat) to tell you that you are tripping than your partner.

Our first year of marriage was full of change and uncertainty but we had each other. Our communication was strong and our love was even stronger! I am so excited that I get to go through life with this amazing man!