First Year of Marriage

A friend sent this to me and I thought I would share!

First Year of Marriage

hmmm... interesting - esp those statistics in the end

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$74,000 Average household income of newlyweds.

27 Average age American women marry. Japan: 29.8 France: 28.8 U.K.: 33.6

3% of first marriages end in divorce or separation after the first year. An estimated 20% of divorces occur within the first five years.

$80 billion Total amount of money couples spend in the first year of marriage on financial, auto, and home-related products.

Fewer than 5% of first-year spouses cheat.
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I could see how the first year would be difficult for anybody, especially those of us who choose NOT to live together before the wedding. There's a lot of little things to get used to. One thing that's funny to me is that I'm totally a night person. I barely ever crawl into bed before midnight, unless i've gotta be up crucially early the next morning. FH, however, is a big baby and in bed by 9 or 10. hahaha. That'll take some getting used to, but I love him and that's really not such a big deal. The extra sleep will probably be good for me anyway

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Posted by RockysGirl

hmmm... interesting - esp those statistics in the end

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$74,000 Average household income of newlyweds.

27 Average age American women marry. Japan: 29.8 France: 28.8 U.K.: 33.6

3% of first marriages end in divorce or separation after the first year. An estimated 20% of divorces occur within the first five years.

$80 billion Total amount of money couples spend in the first year of marriage on financial, auto, and home-related products.

Fewer than 5% of first-year spouses cheat.
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I could see how the first year would be difficult for anybody, especially those of us who choose NOT to live together before the wedding. There's a lot of little things to get used to. One thing that's funny to me is that I'm totally a night person. I barely ever crawl into bed before midnight, unless i've gotta be up crucially early the next morning. FH, however, is a big baby and in bed by 9 or 10. hahaha. That'll take some getting used to, but I love him and that's really not such a big deal. The extra sleep will probably be good for me anyway

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I thought it was funny that she faked it on her wedding night lol

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Posted by MrsHtobe

I thought it was funny that she faked it on her wedding night lol

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lol. I know, i was reading that like 'Oh hell no, we will have just spent 15 freakin' weeks away from each other - i will be READY!!!'

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Posted by RockysGirl

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Posted by MrsHtobe

I thought it was funny that she faked it on her wedding night lol

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lol. I know, i was reading that like 'Oh hell no, we will have just spent 15 freakin' weeks away from each other - i will be READY!!!'

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First love the article...i think it clearly shoes how marriage isn't a cake-walk.

Second...FH and I will probably pass out on the bed after the wedding.. i won't have to fake it because we're just both gonna be exhausted.