What five key components of marriage do you value?

Bozz Mozz asked:

Choose your top five ingredients to a successful marriage (example: love, honesty, etc.) in order of importance.

Feel free to add if you’re married/how long.

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19 Responses to 'What five key components of marriage do you value?'

luvmy4boyz - October 21st, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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communication
compromise
compatibility (some of the same interests, beliefs, activities etc…)
love/attraction
honesty (with honesty comes trust)

married to my husband for 12 1/2 years with 4 children.
Davey's On His Way! - October 21st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
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Ive been very happily married for 1.5 yrs.

Love, Trust,Companionship, Understanding, Laughter
Lunyta88 - October 22nd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
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love trust communication compromise responsibility

2 1/2 years
*smile* - October 25th, 2008 at 3:28 am
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Shared interests

Same sense of humor

Respect (this goes along with TRUST for me. I know that my husband trusts me and I trust him- because of the respect we have for each other)

Communication (this includes honesty, for me)

Conditional Love ( and yes- I said *conditional*. We both know that love is fragile. Cheating/lying/harming/backstabbing/emotionally hurting each other or the children would cause our love to disappear, I’m sure. We love each other for the people we are. I fully understand that if I made a terrible mistake that may rip it away (or if he did). I think that since we are both very realistic about love that it makes us stronger.

Open-mindedness

*I know that’s 6, but I really needed to add the last one.

Together for 8 years.

Edit: one more- sexual compatibility. I would put this in my top five and move humor down here.
Heather S - October 28th, 2008 at 8:31 am
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Married 10 years to one incredible man.

Honesty-you must always have this.

Trust-you can’t have this if you don’t have the first.

Understanding-No one is always at their best.

Loyalty-You have to devote yourself to the other.

Faith-Helps you through the bad times keeps you together in the good times.
mgnavadomskis - October 30th, 2008 at 8:10 am
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mutual respect & admiration
support / partnership
friendship
understanding
trust

Married 10 years
Dr.Phila - November 1st, 2008 at 3:06 am
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1 year and half married – yayayay!

- partnership, share togetherness
- communication, understand each other
- love, treat nice with respect
- sex, passion and lots of satisfying (hehehe!)
- support, be there for each other and help each other
Sherri - November 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
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Married 11 years, together for 15 years.

Trust – this is your foundation. Without it, nothing will stand up to the marriage.

Love – you will go through phases of being madly in love or just loving the person you married. Accept that this does not mean something is wrong. It just happens in time, but the love doesn’t die, it just phases in and out.

Communication – this is a tough one. Men tend to internalize and women tend to vocalize. We use a calendar to write down our schedules. It keeps the communication open, even when we aren’t speaking to each other (not because we are mad).

Values – you need the same values, especially when it comes to parenting. If you aren’t on the same page, this will create conflict.

Compromise – you are not always going to agree on everything. There will come a time when you must agree to disagree, but then let it go. Don’t hold grudges and don’t go to bed mad. Make a compromise just to end the argument. You don’t want to end up in divorce court.
sublowe - November 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 am
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I’ve only been married to my hubby for 10 months, actually our annyversary is exacly 2 months from today .. Weird. We’ve been together for 7 years and I think its important to have
Trust
Unconditional love
Laughter
Compromise
Support
Understanding of ones choices
Communication
In my our case, getting along with the inlaws
Staying grounded and down to earth
Romantic night and getaways
Snowboarding & surfing
Looking forward to growing old together
Keeping things exciding
Loyalty
Honesty …………

Sorry I went all out
CF_ - November 5th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
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1. Similar tastes in music, tv, etc
2. Similar wants and goals
3. Similar intellect…
4. Good sense of humour
5. At least one person can cook, at least one is willing to clean

My first marriage was not going well, and he died (not murder I swear)
I remarried 5 years later and have been married 4 years..
Charlotte'smommy - November 7th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
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Communication
Trust/Honesty
Faithfulness
Commitment
Love

Married 2 years and 2 months
Brandy G - November 7th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
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Love (obviously)
Honest Communication
Compromise and Fair Disagreements
Sex (sorry, but it really is an important part of marriage!!!)
Comfort (how comfortable are you around each other?)

Been married for 10 years July 2009!!
Too Pretty To Work - November 10th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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Communication
Loyalty
Trust
Compatibility
Love
Sherri - November 11th, 2008 at 4:24 am
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Married for 1 year & 8 months

In no particular order….
1.) Love
2.) Commitment
3.) Trust
4.) Teamwork/Compromising
5.) Communication
~Lauren~ - November 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
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Love
Trust
Honesty
Respect
Communication

I have only been married for 5 months but we have been together for about 4 years and it is my second marriage. I listed it in this order bc of course to me love is the most important thing, without it you have none of the other, A relationship has to have trust and honesty. and you have to respect one another. But without communication none of this is possible so maybe I should rearrange them!
diamond - November 13th, 2008 at 8:28 am
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trust
honesty
compromise
fun
laughter
lots of sex!!!!!!
desmeran - November 15th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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patience, respect, love, mutual support, and attention.

married almost 14 years, together more than 20.
The Doctor's wife - November 18th, 2008 at 7:55 am
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Love/Desire
Communication
Faith
Honesty/ Fidelity
Selflessness

Yes
~Carrie~ has 5 - November 21st, 2008 at 8:12 am
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Awesome question!!
My top five:
1. Love…….anything can be conquered if you love someone enough
2.Communication…….openly discussing things brings you closer and helps you understand the person more
3. Trust………If you trust your spouse, you can avoid silly, immature bickering and worrying about who he/she is talking to.
4. Respect……….If you respect your spouse, they feel valued which is very important in any relationship but especially marriage
5. Honesty………If you always strive for honesty in your marriage, everything else falls in place……the trust, communication, respect all happen as a result of honesty.

I believe the key component is love……….”love conquers all” is the most true cliche’ I’ve ever heard.