Women who have been with their SO FOR 10+ Years how do you do it ?? How do you keep it together ?…

Maybe just the power of love that binds them? (We are 6yrs)

14 years here.

We have excellent communication. We keep nothing from each other and if something is off we tackle it right away. He is also super laid back so he avoids arguments as much as possible. We also be sure to have our own time. He will go to the casino some nights or I'll go out with the girls.

It's not always easy obviously but we enjoy each other.

We will be together for 15 years at the end of the month and it’s been hard but we just make it work. We know we’ve worked hard for what we have together and know it’s worth fighting for

14 years I have been with my husband. I think the most important thing is acceptance for who each of you are and not trying to change one another. Play off each other's strengths. Communicate feelings and support one another - it is all give and take. Sometimes family life isn't exciting. Try not to build expectations concerning your relationship from what you see in movies. It is not always passionate, sometimes it is predictable. Then it is passionate again. Love continually evolves. Having the same goals is important as well as clearly defined expectations.

We’ve been together for 11. It’s hard, we met in college and have had to grow up and into ourselves, but also grow together. We try to always give each other space when we need it, time out of the house, communicate our needs and anxieties before blowing up on each other.

We’ve each got a “make it or break it list” of things we need in a relationship. Nothing crazy, but like I’m super clean and have anxiety and he needs a lot more alone time than me. Things like that. So we always make sure to honor those things on this list bc it helps show we each care about what is important to the other person.

Hubby and I have been together for 13 years and married for almost 10 years.

I think our secret is that we not only love each other but we also like each other as human beings. He's not just my lover he's someone I like just hanging out with, we enjoy each other's company.

We rarely fight, but when we do we never say hateful things to one another in the heat of the moment, and never argue in front of our kid.

We give one another some space to calm ourselves and then we sit down like adults and talk about what is bothering us and work together to find common ground.

We also make each other laugh and we trust one another completely. We're both not jealous people and we are both honest almost to a fault.

I honestly have never considered our relationship as hard, but it also isn't something that I take for granted either. We both either say "i love you" or give each other some kind of compliment at least once a day.

We’ve been together 10 yrs & married a little over 3 months. Communication is key! Our relationship isn’t perfect & has definitely been through the rocky moments but so much has change because of communication. We are around each other 24/7 so there is arguing going on at times, we’ve learned to just walk away, go to the next room & let that person have a breather, then come back together & talk out the issue. We see it as we’ve been through way to much to give up on each other. He’s truly my best friend, my soul mate!

I met my hubby 10yrs ago but we've only been married for almost 4 years. I was still in high school and he was active duty Army.

Together with mine 8years. What works

1. We pray together

2. We friends

3. We don't have unrealistic expectations from each other

4. No secrets, real openness on everything

5. Our relationship is ours, it's not run by family or friends

6. Our goals and interest are similar, we really don't bore each other

A lot of communication, trust. &’ Do not neglect each other regardless how exhausted you may be. Find time to still connect physically and mentally. We are also working on this. Motherhood has definitely changed me. We are trying to reconnect and meet in the middle. Understand each other all over again.