Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds: Test Your Marriage!

Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds: Test Your Marriage!

Half my life. That’s how long I’ve known my husband. Ten years is how long we’ve been pretty serious. Our son is five. Our marriage is young, three back in July. Ryan and I still work on our relationship every day.

When Maria asked me to write this blog, I knew immediately what to write about. I am a lover of quizzes - Buzzfeed can suck my life and tell me what my choice of carbs means (apparently I give great advice - how appropriate) and my H&M choices means I should be a zombie for halloween. So when I saw that there was a Love Languages quiz, of course I had my hubby take it with me.

This 30 question quiz taught us so much about how we feel loved. The quiz is very easy and quick to take. Even though we have been together for so long, we were both surprised by some of the answers we gave in the questions. The answers at the end made a lot of sense to us, but in some ways we never would have thought of these ways of showing love.

I would highly suggest all couples...

Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds: Compromise, Change, and Marriage

Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds: Compromise, Change, and Marriage

In a continuation of the "Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds" series, today I'm featuring Jess of Wedding Co. of Williamsburg, talking about what she's learned in 3 years of marriage - and 12 years into her relationship with her husband!

When I was asked to write a blog post about the biggest lesson I have learned in marriage so far, I chuckled and thought to myself, “where the heck do I begin?” Before writing this post, I had to think about the advice I had been given and stories I had been told. Just about everyone I know has said “Marriage is hard, it takes work,” or “Happy wife = Happy life” And while those are definitely true (definitely the second one, hubbies out there haha), I personally have learned 3 big lessons in the first 3 years of our marriage. But before I share those with you let me share with you our little love story...

Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds: Home Ownership and Happily Ever After

Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds: Home Ownership and Happily Ever After

Today I'm excited to continue the "Advice from Not-So-Newlyweds" Series with a blog about the struggles and joys of home ownership from Lauren Windham, wedding coordinator at The Yacht Club at Marina Shores. Read on to hear her story and her advice for buying a house as a newlywed!

Earlier this year, my husband, Bradley and I celebrated our first year of marriage, moved out of our apartment and purchased our first home! The process of becoming homeowners was (and continues to be) an adventure!

The adventure began in August of 2015. We’d been living in our first apartment for a few months and the initial excitement had started to wear off. We were tired of our beige walls, loud upstairs neighbors and lugging groceries up two flights of stairs! Eager to figure out the next steps, we chatted with my parents, who suggested we meet with a realtor (their neighbor, who I used to babysit for). So we went- unprepared, without much in our savings and with no clue what we were getting into...