Marriage is hard but worth it quotes

They say marriage is hard work.

Is marriage hard for everyone

“They” being every other relative wishing to bestow you with wisdom the moment you get engaged.

The phrase is so regularly repeated that it’s sometimes used to bat away more complex friction in a relationship.

Arguing with your partner? That’s the hard work calling. Intimacy issues? Infidelity? Financial stress?

Marriage is hard quotes

Don’t say we didn’t warn you...

But a couple of months back, when writer Danielle Weisberg tweeted a jokey take on the oft-repeated idiom, it sparked a debate on whether marriage should feel like hard work, or if this is just something we’ve been taught to accept.

One reply from a woman in Arkansas even went viral in its own right.

“My marriage has never been hard work,” she said. “My wife literally lowers my blood pressure by walking into the room. (Confirmed and observed by a nurse at the hospital).”

So, why do so many cling to this phrase?

Should marriage really be hard work?

Or does the saying just make us feel better? And if marriage is so easy for some, should everyone else...give up?

Julia Goodall, a psychotherapi

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