does romance wane when you get married?

Philippines
August 10, 2008 9:07am CST
my husband and I were very, very sweet, very romantic when we were just dating. we've been married for almost 10 years now and I can feel that our romance somehow waned or dimished its luster, so to speak. they say that a couple's relationship changes when they get married mostly because they deal with so many family problems and their outlook in life changes. do you think or have you felt that romance changes when you get married?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
10 Aug 08
Only if you allow it to! But yes, I do feel that it maybe does diminish a little after a while because you become more and miore comfortable with each other; but it is important to make an effort to keep the romance alive! Most of us tend to focus on birthday's, Christmas, anniversaries and Valentines Day to go that extra mile to show our partner how much we love them, but it really doesn't take that much effort to be romantic at other times too. Maybe if more of us did this then the divorce rates wouldn't be so high!
• Philippines
10 Aug 08
Yeah, i guess being spontaneous adds more excitement to a married couple's relationship. it doesn't have to be s special occasion. it could be at any given time.
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• Egypt
12 Aug 08
i'm not married but i can tell that after marriege alot things changed i know some one he is married he told me that he loved his wife so much before marriege but after that both began to be busy alot of trubles i think you have to make somthing new in your life try to change the daily routine to be happy all the time but be sure that love is exist but it's not project as befoe try to enjoy your life
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@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
11 Aug 08
It does, many marriages increasingly get luke warm as the years pass by-few remain as hot as they were in their honey moon!
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@AshleyHasan (1024)
• India
10 Aug 08
Yes I do felt the same thing may be because after marriage we immediately had two children and we also have to take care of our family , both of us work and spend some time with children infact we hardly get time to meet each other but when ever we meet we tried to spend more time together and enjoy to the fullest but my husband love never changed till date, I feel sometimes very tired because of work but he always supports me but before marriage it was not like that we use to meet daily and ours was love marriage, I am sure this happens with every one but you should cope up with it after all it is life and we have to take the way it comes to us, if you have true love for each other that is more than enough you can live happily for ever. Take care!
• India
10 Aug 08
well, people use to say that romance wanes when we get married, because the reason may be that , the thing we like must be in a distance for us to enjoy, if its closer there will be less enthusiasm in that thing
• Philippines
12 Aug 08
Well, i think there are really changes when we get married. I believe so one of this is romance. Couples are faced with challenges and one of them is how to keep the romance for the relationship. It just needs to be worked out and every partner needs to do their share.
• United States
13 Aug 08
It's not being married that does that, it's just time. Love waxes and wanes over time. Especially when you get older and life gets in the way, or you have kids, things can get harder to maintain.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
12 Aug 08
I believe that it is probably only natural for your love life and romance to dwindle after so many years. It is normal to have that luster in the beginning time of a courtship. I guess that you could call it a honeymoon period. Love is what has held you together and that is what is important. You could possibly get the spark back if you are willing to try.