Originally posted by lynnestankard
Sorry to disagree - Happy and Marriage do go together. As long as you work hard at it and remember - we all argue but for goodness sake - make up afterwards. Don and I have been wed for 35 years - we've been through really stressful. difficult and sad times. But through it all we've had each other - he's my rock, my bestest friend and without him I'm lost.
Perhaps you have to find your soul mate - so keep on looking everyone.

Lynne
Perfectly said. This sunday will be Justin and my fifth anniversary. I certainly don't have as much experience as some of you, but I do have a truly happy marriage. Of corse there is ups and downs, but like someone stated, the good outweighs the bad (at least for us). Sure we get frustrated with each other and sometimes disagree, but we work at it and in the end everything always works out.
My in-laws just had their 29th anniversary and they are very much still happily married. My parents too have been married 29 years and although they had some very very rocky times they worked at it and pulled through and are again very happy together. My grandparents were married for over 40 years (I don't remember the exact number, 43 I think) and were two of the happiest people I knew, until my grandpa got very very ill and passed away.

So to answer your question- Is there such a thing as a truly happy marriage?- I know there is.