Hopeless romantic not soured on marriage

“The next time I do get married, I want to know 100 percent that this person is going to be my forever.”

“I was married for about five years. We struggled a little bit at first. We didn’t make that much money, so we were dealing with the normal stress of bills. But once we got into the groove of things we eventually bought a home and we had new cars. It seemed like we had everything we needed. But we still were not 100 percent happy. He worked out of town a lot, so that put additional stress on our relationship.

“It felt like we became roommates. We just grew apart. We tried, but it just didn’t work out in the end. So we decided we would separate and divorce. It was amicable. And now he’s remarried and has a family. I’m happy for him. I’m glad that he found someone he could be happy with. We just weren’t happy.”