{"id":603,"date":"2023-01-16T01:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T01:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.feelnubia.com\/?p=603"},"modified":"2025-06-19T16:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T16:56:39","slug":"30-things-that-shocked-me-about-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/village-family-relationships\/30-things-that-shocked-me-about-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"30 &#8220;Things that Shocked me About Marriage&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.feelnubia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37.png 448w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-250x167.png 250w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-50x33.png 50w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-100x67.png 100w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/feelnubia.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-37-350x234.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1) &#8220;Sex with my spouse could be something that still excites me after 15 years of being married&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) &#8220;I could actually live with someone that I see every day, every week, every month and every year after year after year without becoming unimaginably bored and wanting to run away&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) &#8220;I can be equally angry with, resentful towards, yet love and want to protect at the risk of my own well-being the very same person at the very same time&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) &#8221; Loving and (oftentimes) willingly forgiving someone who hurts and upsets me repeatedly&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5) &#8220;I still want to have sex with someone who just pushed out another human being from their vagina while pooping all over themselves in the full view of strangers!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6) &#8220;He would still want to have sex with me after he has seen me&nbsp;push out another human being from my vagina while pooping all over myself in the full view of strangers!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7) &#8220;That I would become a second-class citizen in my own house (now that &nbsp;the baby&#8217;s arrived)&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8) &#8220;I could learn to have sex quietly (because the baby is asleep in a corner of the room)&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9) &#8220;Not everyone was as happy for me as I thought they would be&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10) &#8220;I thought I was in love when I got married, then I discovered new depths and heights of emotion that I never thought possible&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/f33lnubia\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> to share your shocking discoveries about marriage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this article, you will like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"index.php\/component\/content\/article\/15-burden-bearer\/250-happy-anniversary.html\"><strong>Happy Anniversary<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"index.php\/mingle\/13-it-takes-a-village\/147-the-third-person-in-my-marriage.html\"><strong>The Third Person in my Marriage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"index.php\/component\/content\/article\/15-burden-bearer\/195-quick-health-check-for-your-marriage.html\"><strong>Quick Health Check for Your Marriage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1) &#8220;Sex with my spouse could be something that still excites me after 15 years of being married&#8221; 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