What is a Conventional Marriage?!?!

CONVENTIONAL

NORMAL

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What do they even look like? 

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I know that my marriage is FAR from conventional, normal, but that's what keeps it exciting, interesting. It keeps everyone on their toes! 

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No Marriage is not easy. HONESTLY, it's one of the hardest things I have ever done.

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It's not all roses and puppy dogs  all the time.

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Marriage takes work. It takes compromise. It takes effort. It takes communication. 🏼

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And when your marriage looks different from what people say is the "NORM", it can be hard.

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We both will admit, being married takes work. It's not like the fairytales you were told when you were younger, it's not always perfect and it's not always easy.

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You don't always get to be TOGETHER. Or LIVE in the same state. BUT, those are t reasons to give up, to listen to people say your not normal.

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One thing I know about Marriage is that it's team work. And TEAM WORK makes the DREAM WORK.

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These past few months have been hard in the marriage department. And there are times I want to scream and run and hide, but what will that solve? Nothing.

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Life isn't perfect. Rich and I don't have a perfect marriage. Or a NORMAL marriage.

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BUT we have an unbreakable bond. A love and trust for each other that is stronger than the downs, the bumps, the stressors, and even stronger than scary life decisions we face.

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Before I met rich I would have given up, walked away, or I would have done what I was taught, just brush it under the carpet and act like everything is perfect.

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But it's not, we struggle just like others do. And we are far from what the "NORM" marriage is. 

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BUT the more we communicate with each other, even when it's hard to, the closer we get and the easier it is to face the road ahead of us.

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Know that there is nothing wrong with NOT being normal. Normal is overrated and boring.

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Don't be afraid to be you, be the family that is unconventional, or the marriage that people wonder why you bother! 

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Trust me, you are the only thing that matters! If you are happy, than that is all that matters!! 

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And remember most of us are NOT normal! I will be the first to admit it!