True, some men do regret saying the longest sentence in the English language,

[theking]

..."I do"...

Men Who Regret Marrying Their Wives Are Confessing Their Stories
Here's what they said:
1. "I got an earlier flight back than planned and drove home. I was really looking forward to chilling for a bit with the dog and being there when the kids finished school around 4 p.m. Very unusual for us all. As I drove up, I noticed her car in the driveway. Unexpected, as she should have been out at that time. Anyway, the thought of walking into the house with just her there made my heart sink. I had an almost physical flinch reaction. She'll just be miserable, or combative, or complaining, or just rude. So I just kept driving and went to a cafe for a couple of hours instead."
—u/I-live-in-room-101


2. "I think it was once we conceived. Sex dropped to nonexistence, and all activities revolved around the yet-to-be-born child. Then, during a fight because I was frustrated at the lack of intimacy, she dropped this beauty: 'I married you because you earned a good paycheck.' Yep, that was the beginning of the end."
—u/Insightseekertoo

3. "I met an emotionally intelligent woman platonically, and it ruptured all I knew."
—u/humanessinmoderation

4. "I knew it was a mistake before we got married. She always told me that she didn't want to get married. I just should have listened. That's on me."
—u.Hustlingtim

5. "I knew it was a mistake shortly after starting therapy and realizing that marrying ANYONE before beginning the process of healing myself would've been a mistake. We are now one year divorced and both with more peace than we ever had together."
—u/scrambledx30


6. "Every day I look at her and wonder what the hell I was thinking. She's not sexy to me, I don't like her laugh, and we really don't have anything in common. I remember when we dated that she always bought me things and paid for vacations. I reluctantly said yes when she proposed, but only because, at the time, I couldn't walk due to an injury. I don't know what to do. Damn, I messed up."
—u/mrjordan13

7. "I realized it was a mistake at a 4th of July party in 2010. We'd been married a year and a half. My POS sister-in-law, who knew I did not want kids, asked my wife when we were planning to have some. My wife, who also knew I did not want kids and had always said the same, responded, 'I'm hoping to wear him down on that the same way I wore him down on marrying me.' I did not hear this. I was in back cooking burgers on the grill. My friends heard it and told me. I assumed she was joking, but they didn't seem to think she was. Fast-forward a few months, and she comes to me, jumps into my lap, and says, 'I want a baby.' I asked her why. She said, 'I'm lonely. And you don't eat healthy, so you're probably going to die young, and I want to make sure someone's going to be around to take care of me when I get old.'"
—u/lunaticmagnet

8. "The moment for me was when she threatened divorce, she went onto divorce.com (yeah, apparently there's a site for that now). She saw how screwed she would be without me and said that she was stuck with me. I know it is a matter of when, not if, now. And I am currently debating doing it now or after she finishes her master's. If I do it now, it'd be petty and ruin her future. But then I'd have to cover more in alimony, and she would fight against joint custody. If I wait till she's done, she might make enough that I would be the one receiving alimony, and she'd be more amicable on custody. But I'd have to suffer being with her. There's always the possibility that she doesn't finish, and again, I would have to stay with her."
—u/thecountnotthesaint



9. "I felt it was a mistake about a year after the wedding. She was and still is a lovely person, but it was obvious we had different ideas about what constitutes marriage. I feel the physical and emotional are both important. During that first year, I noticed she never initiated anything physical but never stopped me, although she did not really take part. We were 19, which did not help. I started reducing my initiations in the hope I would find her level, but after 10 years, I was down to sex twice a year. After that time, I finally grew up enough to realize I should have talked to her, which she took well, but with some tears, but nothing changed. By this time, we had two children, so divorce was out of the question. She was and still is the same person I married, so I took therapy to help cope with a sexless marriage, and with the help of antidepressant s, after 55 years, we are still married."
—u/ComprehensiveFill924

10. "I felt it was a mistake when she made me feel that I was always the problem and things that she did were never the cause of the problem: hanging out with coworkers often until late in the night, lack of interest in me besides wondering if I was talking to someone else, and not caring about our dogs. She left me."
—u/Didj1998

11. "There were a few signs. To be fair, my wife was my best friend before, during, and for eight years after the marriage. But we were NOT meant to be married. She had always blamed how dirty her places were on her roommates or family. I found out she was a lot messier of a person than I was led to believe. She could not accept being wrong. She could have three people telling her Susan wore a red dress to the party last night, and she would insist it was blue. She WOULD admit if she didn't know something, but if she believed something, there was no room for her being the one making the error."
—u/PhoenixApok

12. "I knew it was a mistake before I did it, and as I was saying my vows. I already had a history of cheating. I was already sexless for about five months. It was a courthouse wedding just to get her on my health insurance."
—u/UrCreepyUncle

13. "It was when she refused to talk about money, refused counseling, and then called me a chronic disappointment . I earned 70% of the income, cooked 90% of the meals, and was a very active and engaged dad to our two kids. I realized there was nothing I could do that would be good enough in her eyes."
—u/pow929



14. "I felt our marriage was a mistake about two years in. She didn't actually enjoy my lifestyle or friends, just pretended she did to keep me happy. That wore off and turned into resentment that I wasn't turning into the man she hoped I'd be."
—u/anonymous


15. And finally, "There were lots of times I felt it was a mistake, but the one that sticks out to me most is when we went out on a date one weekend, had a good time, then met up with her folks later. When asked how her weekend was, she said it was a bust and pretty lame/disappointing because none of her friends were available to hang out."

[Prude]

People should date for about one year before deciding
if they want to get hitched. At least that amount of time
is needed to see the true colors in each other. Those
are the deciding factors.

The first few months are just joy and glory. Praising each
other and just enjoying the fun of a new person.

Then the real thing kicks in, as they gain more and more
comfort with you. The real things begin to show up.
You find out what the other
person does or wants that just doesn't quite align with
your values or interests. For example, you realize the other
person just wants to take over your earnings or assets. You
realize the other person enjoys attention from other male
friends or female friends. You realize they love gambling or
drinking, etc.