What does Marriage mean to you?

This is going to sounds like a Hallmark card, but I mean it honestly: building a life and a family with my best friend. Life - both ups and downs - is so much better with him than it ever was without him. We're a great team.

Marriage to me is a partneship, a lifelong commitment to support and be there for each other no matter what until death parts us.

I look forward to buiding a family and a home with my husband, waking up next to him every morning and going to bed with him every night. Having a best friend for the rest of my life.

Edited to add that I'm also looking forward to have lots of sex, work around in the house naked and do it anytime of day (lol), we don't live together now and have never lived outside of our family homes so this is gonna be great.

What does marriage mean to me: having my best friend at my side for the rest of my life. Having someone to share life's trivial day to day happenings, both good and bad. Knowing that there is someone that loves me, unconditionally. Having someone to laugh with and cry with.

I am going to change the last one to "what do I enjoy most about being married": all of what I mentioned above. And the sex aint bad either! (gotta be a little funny!)

I forgot to answer my own questions...

To me, Marriage is (next to that of motherhood) the best job in the world. It is a commitment you make to the love of your life and best friend. A commitment to love and respect them for the rest of your life. A marriage takes a lot of hard work and patience and you make that vow to never give up on your partner.

I am most excited about seeing my fiancée as a father and raising a family with him. I am also just simply excited to spend the rest of my life with my best friend by my side

Love all of your answers by the way!

To me, marriage is legalizing what we already have....a partnership between two people who are best friends, lovers and confidants. We have been together 9 years. I have been married in my heart for most of those 9 years.

Marriage to me means a lifelong commitment and partnership with the one I love. Unity that has a strong bond between the both of us. It means love honesty and trust between the 2 of us. But for the most part it means family. Living with the love of your life with kids is priceless

@Carole B-i feel the same way you do!! (even though we have not been together as long) we started living together 3 years ago so i feel like our wedding will just be a party because we already feel married.

After a family gathering yesterday, I can supplement my response with this: seeing my FH with my nephews totally wrecks me. He's still a little weirded out by being called "Uncle FH" but he's SO incredibly great with them.

Marriage is compromise and trust and love, plain and simple.

Compromise: You start out with your own life and your own way of doing everything and then suddenly there's someone else who manages to do everything just a bit different. And you can't just stick to your ways because if you do then he will and then your marriage will fail. You have to understand that... yes, you'll be changing... but it won't be for the worst because he'll be changing too and you'll hopefully meet each other halfway or be able to concede some things (like he'll forgive your cleaning obsession and you'll forgive his sports obsession).

Trust: To know without any doubt that no matter what he's yours and he'll never do anything to jeopardize that... and to make sure that his trust in you is just as strong.

Love: Remembering the little things to make someone's life easier, trying not to be selfish, making him smile whenever you feel he hasn't in a while... Well, I'm sure you all know about love at this point.

What I'm looking forward to the most?

Experiencing life by his side, because it has definitely been WAY more interesting since he got here! lol That and starting a family together, but that's a few years off still.

I just asked DH this and he said "Marriage means never having to appologising for passing gas in bed." Nice David. Nice.

We've been married for 2 months now and really, the only thing that's changed is that I'm on his insurance and I'm a Mrs. We've enjoyed each others friendship and senses of humor for so long that it's just a relief to finally have it legal. Sorry that's not some awesome answer. We're happy, in love, and having fun! And I can't say I'd want to do that with ANYBODY else :-D

Marriage to me means knowing that I am the only thing he wants to come home to day after day, no matter how much we piss each other off, and no matter what gets thrown our way. It means knowing that I'm the only person he sees in his future till death do us part.

What I am looking forward to most after we get married is having children, whether we have to adopt, serrogate, or do fertility treatments. I want children, and so does he.

Marriage means trusting, giving, being willing to change; it means security in each others' love and support; it means always having someone to talk to, laugh with, confide in, and work together with.

I just like spending time with Corey. I look forward to watching him continue to be a great father to our daughter as she grows. I look forward to supporting his dreams and having him support me in mine.

Marriage to me means forming a partnership, a family, with my best friend, confidant, and lover, like others have said. It means learning to say I'm sorry, learning to let go of all control and letting him make decisions as much as possible ... It is the simple things, the slight kiss on the cheek as he leaves for work in the AM, the kiss when he gets home at night, a surprise dinner, the way he smiles at you, and you know his world to a point revolves around you.

I'm most looking forward to getting to spend the rest of my life, the ups, downs, in betweens, tears, frusturation, and pure joy ...

I am NOT looking forward to having to give up control of my money, as we will be getting a combined bank account in October ... but that goes back to learning to let go of control ... and working with one another and compromising, so we can each get or have what we want ...

Tiffany that is freakin hilarious. Hahaha. Honestly sounds like something I would say..aha.

To me marriage is just a continuation of our journey together.

Being married is just another step to me...I look forward to future planning and eventually having kids etc

Looking forward to much more laughing together the most...random little giggling fits we are prone to every few days make life wonderful

Marriage to me means he can now say that yes I have to do this or that LOL

just kidding but after 6 years living together we have basically been married without the certificate. But it will mean continuing to live out each day together to get to know him even more, hopefully one day have children and eventually to be sitting side by side when we are 90 and I'm hitting him over the head with a newspaper as he stares at the hot girl walking by lol...(then I make him pick up his dentures LOL)

Marriage to me is so different than to a lot of people.

To me... marriage is more spiritual than anything. It's more so about God than us.

I was put here to love the Lord, and to be His loving servant.

My future husband pushes me into God's arms, and I'll try to do the same as his wife.

As a woman, I believe I was created to first off: Love the Lord...

But secondly: To love, cherish, challenge in Godly wisdom, serve, guard, affirm, help, protect, and adore God's most precious creation... the heart of a man.

Our goal as being married isn't just to have a nice home, and wonderful children... but to serve together in ministry, pray every day, love each other and everyone around us, and fulfill HIS plan for our lives.

The thing that made me fall in love with my FH was when one night I was way sick and asked him to pray for me... he kissed me on the forehead and said: "Love, I will ALWAYS pray for you."

Marriage is more than vows, to us... it's a Holy thing.

That's really sweet Future_Mrs._Oregon ...

Marriage to me is a commitment that we both made to each other, to love honor to be there for one another, thru anything..marriage is trust, compromising,willing to change for the better! marriage is the enjoyment of waking up every morning with the same person everyday, loving him being his help mate, marriage is a job that has to be focused on everyday ,with time and patience it will work!