Do you still recognize your partner after you got married?

@roxxtime (299)
United States
June 4, 2010 4:07am CST
I have this amazing man who I have loved and been with for more than two years. We had the perfect relationship and then we got married. I have no idea who the heck my husband is even though I thought I knew my boyfriend through and through. He has come to be a stranger to me and we haven't even been married 3 months. I did not push him into marriage infact I was the hesitant one b/c I didn't want to ruin what we had. This is both of our second marriages and I don't want it to get messed up I just want to be with the man I fell in love with. I didn't know my first husband well either b/c he seemed to change after marriage. Is this a normal process for men to change who they are right after marriage? Has anyone else noticed the same type of change in their spouse? What do I do? I'm unhappy I loved and love the guy I wanted to marry but can't stand the guy he turned into.
2 responses
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Jun 10
roxxtime when p eople are engaged they are often putting their best foot forward and bending over backwards to please the other person, and neither one is really being himself or herself. welcome to the real world where people are not perfect because they are human. they burp, somtimes they do not close their mouths when they chew, and sometimes oh horrible they even fart, maybe you are looking for a perfect man but he does not exist, somehow there must have been something about your husband that made you fall in love y ou called him an amazing man. but he proved to be human is that it? look at yourself? are you prefect? no well then neither is he., you do not seem to be able to love unconditionally I see that you love with the idea of remaking any flaws you see, but good marriages both people love all the person, flaws and all, your guy did not change,he just relaxed and let himself be himself and I betyou did the same thing without even realizing it. they did not change they just took off the pretend mantle of being or trying to be prefect and relaxed intot the people they are. look at yourself. are you perfect?.
@roxxtime (299)
• United States
9 Jun 10
No I am quite aware of people putting their best foot forward and then not I am so not perfect and never said I was just wondering if it bugged anyone when their partner changes obviously it's just me I will work on that.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Aug 10
hi thanks for the best response I am sorry that I have to say my husband was still the person I knew andloved before we got married, andI only married once. now days people keep marrying as nobody ever satisfies the other person. you need to remember what made you love him.
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
4 Jun 10
roxxtime, For every cause there's always a reason and for every action there will be an equal and opposite reaction. You already have this experience twice where your man took a turn after marriage, and I just cannot help seeing the problem to be one of self infliction. Have you ever stopped to asked if you are the reason for their sudden changes that led to a turn in your marriage, twice?