5 Things Marriage Does Not Represent

This coming from an unmarried person, I am here to dispel my own myths from watching too much dramas. If any married couples have any additional insights, feel free to add on.

1) Waking In The Arms Of Someone You Love

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This is the most common scene in movies and dramas.
You know girl wakes up smiling up to the guy in PERFECT MAKEUP.

that's totally not happening in reality.
In reality, you get sore necks from 'sleeping in your guy's arm, cramps from the poor sleeping position
,bad breaths and boogie in your eyes
it is not very sexy, and never romantic.

Oh right.
Does your partner snores?

2) Life on Autopilot

http://womenonthefence.com/

You seen those movies where the house is perfectly made and mess-free?

Here's a news for your.

The plates stay in the sink

In their dirty state

when your partner and you go out working. 

It doesn't disappear or disintegrate unless you have ordered yourself a human cleaner. 

Similarly for other mundane family stuff. 

Someone needs to pick up the mail, pay the bills and plan the finances. 

Now who is it going to be? 

3) It's Just The Two of You

https://www.modernfamilies.net

This is the horrifying part I cannot get over with - that marriage is a 'union of the two families'

Something I am still in deep denial about. 

Having my future family being judged upon by others who are supposedly in 'my extended family'

This has got to be the single most depressing part about marriage, because while you can choose your partner, you CANNOT CHOOSE your partner's relatives. 

Well if you can click with them, good for you.

If not, enjoy all the insufferable questions about 'when are you having your kids?'

4) My Own Time

http://uncomfortablesoul.com/

There is no 'my own time' anymore (well unless you argue with your husband/wife). 

Even if you argue with your partner, they are still going to live in the same house as you lol. 

Every decision you make, you must take into account how it will impact your partner and your children. 

Oh and if you have kids, chances are 99% of your time wouldn't be spent alone. 

5) It's the End of Everything

http://modernreject.com/

I guess a single most important misconception that marriage is the end of everything nice such as freedom and love. 

Again this coming from a person who is not yet married, I think marriage is a continuation of the journey you and your partner have decided to embark when you get into a relationship. 

It's definitely not easy to maintain a marriage, as it is with BGR, but take comfort in that you are making decisions with someone who promised to walk through life with you :)