Marriage - xoJane

It Happened To Me: I'm A 22-Year Old Christian Virgin And I'm Saving Myself for Marriage

Abby Carney — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400

Am I crazy? Repressed? Am I brainwashed with legalistic doctrine that I was force fed my whole life? Actually, no.

Lesley's Austerity Diaries, Part One: So, My Husband No Longer Has a Job

Lesley — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400

I'm only having nightmares pretty much every night and stockpiling ramen like I'm planning for the apocalypse. That's all.

Please Stop Telling Me "YOU'RE NEXT!" To Get Married

Andrea Grimes of The Frisky — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400

Single people, but especially women, are expected to be in a constant state of partner-search, with all other forms of personal fulfillment considered second best to finding a lifelong mate.

As a Therapist Working With Women, I Constantly Have to Be The "Cinderella Slayer"

Brandy Dunn — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:30:00 -0400

Ladies, there is no Knight in Shining Armor.

I Still Love My Wedding Song Even Though I'm Divorced

Marci — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400

Hearing it barely even qualifies as bittersweet for me. It just feels like any other favorite song.

I Got Married On A Unicorn, And Other Tips For Having A Cheap Amazing Wedding Covered By The New York Times

Jessica Delfino — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400

I’m not going to say how much my wedding cost because that’s not classy or whatever, but I will say this: It was half what ever your wedding cost, and this is how I did it.

It Happened To Me: My Best Friend Moved Away, Got Married, And Became A New Person –- And Now We Barely Speak

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0400

Ending a tight friendship as an adult is similar to ending a romantic relationship in that it’s a major life change.

It Happened to Me: I Live on a Sailboat in Alaska

Trista Crass — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0400

This is the one people ALWAYS ask about: Where do you poop?

Unpopular Opinion: I Die A Little Inside When Women I Know Change Their Last Names When They Get Married

Julie Rodriguez — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400

I’m sure part of this is just a knee-jerk reaction from growing up in a big Mormon family in Utah as a tiny queer feminist and feeling out of place most of the time.

My Husband Almost Divorced Me Because I'm Fat

Anna C — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Spoiler alert: we're still married, and I'm still fat. This is not an article about how to help your spouse to lose weight.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Called Off My Wedding

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:30:00 -0500

I was over the wedding before I was over getting married, although that would follow soon after, the way one begins scraping off too-sweet icing before throwing away an unfinished piece of cake.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Husband Went To Prison And It Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:00:00 -0500

Sometimes I think of how life would be if that day in September were just a horrible nightmare, and you know what? I don't want that life.

How I Learned to Love Living Alone

Tara Dublin — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0500

It had been 23 years since I last lived in a place without another person not blood-related to me also living there

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Quit My Job And I'm Traveling the US In A Truck And Trailer

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:30:00 -0500

It took almost exactly a year of him living on the road, one year of nightly Facetime, and one year of people sympathetically saying “it must be hard,” before it finally clicked and we realized that the life we were living made absolutely no sense.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Had An Emotional Affair And It Saved My Life

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:30:00 -0500

John taught me that not every guy was like my husband. It was the push I needed to really see that life could be normal again.

The First-Ever xoJane-xoVain Makeunder: Snooki Goes Au Natural and Talks Marriage Plans and Tattoos For Her Future Babies

Mandy — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0500

Snooki tells us what post-baby sex is like, why she plans to keep baby Lorenzo off TV, how building her dream house dictates when she'll finally tie the knot, the unexpected celebrity she just got wasted with in New York and whether or not she has any regrets.

How Not to Be a Dick to Your Divorced/Divorcing Friends

Demetria Irwin — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:00:00 -0500

My name is Demetria and I’m getting a divorce.

What I Learnt In My First Year As A Wedding Celebrant

Steff Moore — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500

Just call me Steff, licensed to marry.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I'm Infertile and Divorced, But I'm OK

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:00:00 -0500

In less than two months, he had gone from trying to have a baby with me, his partner of eight years, to actually having a baby with someone he’d been dating for two weeks.

Apparently I Celebrate The Wrong Anniversary, And Other Things I Recently Learned On Vacation

Lesley — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:00:00 -0500

Getting married was neat and all, but it's just never fully taken as a big date to remember. In fact, I often forget it entirely.