Today is my eighth wedding anniversary. I can’t believe it’s been eight years! If you know anything about me or my story, then you know this is a HUGE accomplishment. We made a lot of relationship mistakes along the way, but the journey has been worth it.
My husband and I got married young (I was 20 and he was 21), and it wasn’t always easy. In fact, we made a ton of relationship mistakes. The first few years of our marriage were extremely difficult and we almost didn’t make it!
I wish I’d known how to avoid these relationship mistakes when we were first starting out. But then again, I’ve always been the kind of person that needs to learn things the hard way…
Not to say that it’s easy now (it still takes work), but in cultivating an attitude of gratitude, I’ve grown to love and appreciate my husband more and more each day. We’ve both grown up and grown a lot. There are still some things we need to work on. However, if I’ve learned anything over the past eight years, it’s to try and change myself instead of trying to control other people.
In honor of my anniversary, I’d like to share eight things I’ve learned about marriage and relationships, one for each year that my husband and I have been married. I hope you can learn from my relationship mistakes and [hopefully] avoid them.
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