Comments on: Kelly Ripa Gives You Great Marriage Advice

By: Christena

Christena — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:37:06 +0000

The first year of my marriage was hard, because people do get in your ear, and thats very bad for the relationship. Once we get that out of the way, and stop listening to people negative vibes, it’s all wonderful. We do go out once a month, movies, party etc., we enjoy each others company, laugh, and talk about everything. No with two kids and coming up 1/5/09 22 years of marriage. He is my best friend, my love, yes are in it for the long haul.

We still flirt with each other.

By: Relationship Education

Relationship Education — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:09:42 +0000

I love the way Kelly and Joaquin handle their family. We went out 3 weeks after our first son was born back in 2005 and remember my husband holding my cellphone telling me everything was going to be fine Two kids later, work, ministry, life and we realize how important time to ourselves is – we have a date night outside home at least twice a month. We remind ourselves parenting preschoolers will not last forever We give ourselves permission not to be perfect – sometimes a kiss & a hug go a long way. Our first year married was not a cake walk – we are in it for the long haul. Its the promise we made to each other at the beginning of our courship in 1996.
.-= Relationship Education´s last blog ..Keeping Your Joy During The Christmas Season =-.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:07:08 +0000

I love Kelly since her AMC days and was so happy that she was picked as Regis’s side kick. Like many my first year of marriage was not good. As I stated in a previous post, my sis-in-law asked us how long we have been married(this was a few years ago) we both looked at each other and said 9 yrs. I think we both subconscienceously put our first year of marriage behind us, we came home from their home and realized we missed celebrating (bigger than usual)our 10th wedding annivesary. We celebrated 12 yrs of marriage in June and yes, we do include all the years of marriage now. LOL. It is hard when you are a parent going out “for date night”. It is always the man who has to give the wife the ok or the push to leave the kids with a sitter. The kids do grow up and we(women) feel more at ease leaving the kids home and learn to enjoy “Date Night’. Also, divorce does suck, nothing wrong with two ppl trying to work it out. The longer I am married, the better it gets(if that’s possible). As long as you have GOD, and truly like each other there is no obstacle that a married couple can’t overcome if they both want it.

By: Cee Cee

Cee Cee — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:57:00 +0000

We still don’t usually leave our kids with anyone other than my mom or his! It is all him, though. I’ll happily leave them with a responsible sitter.

I agree that the first year is the hardest (although I think some people don’t experience the hardest part until 4 or 5 years into it). We fought–I mean we had screaming matches–and then made up, fought, then made up, and so on. This continued until the second year when we realized that we don’t need to scream or say ugly things to get each other to listen. It took a while to learn what made the other person tick and getting used to each other’s annoying habits. We’ve ironed out a lot since then. Yesterday was our first “fight” in a very long time, and it didn’t involve one mean word, bit of sarcasm, or yelling, we resolved it in less than 10 minutes, and it ended with a big hug. Love it.

And, yes, the more you show affection (or whatever), the more you want to do it. It’s like junk food–the more you have, the more you crave.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:19:25 +0000

Great Advice Kelly!!!!

We’re in it for the long haul..so why not make it fun!! And the more you do it….the more you do it!!! I agree with that 100%

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:16:27 +0000

This is actually some really solid advice.