Life After Marriage

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Life after marriage

The lives led by people as individuals are vastly different from the lives they lead after marriage.

Although single life has it’s many vicissitudes, they are greatly altered by the addition of another party into

the situation. Even the simplest things change drastically when you marry the special person in your life,

such as eating, sleeping, and working.

The changes in one’s eating habits are altered by the addition of another person into their everyday lives.

Before we marry someone and get ready to settle down into the life of a husband and wife, our eating habits

more related to the life we lead on an every day basis. Eating takes place when our daily schedule permits

or we take time because the need arises. After marriage, that special person in your life decides what is best

for you and a schedule has to be formed around their need to take care of their spouse. They want you to eat

all the proper foods at the proper time in order to take care of you, whether you are hungry or like the food.

This is all done out of love and the best of intentions. Although this whole process can be annoying, the

best thing to do is to go along with it in order to avoid offending or rejecting their good intentions. The

adjustments actually become more beneficial and pleasing than the initial complications created.

Getting married also alters sleeping habits. The changes made by the addition of a spouse can be the

hardest part of adjusting...

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