Married life is life spent with a partner. You choose one, marry them and spend your life with them. This is usually a member of the opposite sex but isn’t always.
Married life can improve your life in many ways. It’s nice not to be alone. You get companionship, love and support from your spouse. It requires effort but is worth it.
Married life takes work. You have to communicate with your spouse and pay attention to them. It can be hard and quarrels can occur. It’s important to try working through them instead of just giving up. People do that too readily these days.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with married life. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Married Life
- Husband not helping out with the kids in the morning. Frustrating because I would like more help without having to constantly ask for it.
- My husband is setting up a family business I am very scared to start. I don’t like risk, risking family relationships or money
- My husband and I have different opinions regarding how his friends feel about me. I didn’t want to hang out with them because I find new people exhausting but I finally submitted and now we’re going to hang out tomorrow and it’s frustrating because I don’t want to.
- Let my husband take responsibility for arranging a time and place to meet some people
- Let my husband work on project at home that I thought I would have finished already
- When my husband told me that he had other woman before when O got pregnant on our second baby.
- Getting husband to do something! Change in leaders at work where now I have leader who is expert in other area than mine,
- Help my husband deal with the issues relating to the sale of our previous home. This was frustrating because he doesn’t really want to deal with it, and is trying to do it from afar.
- To get my husband to help in finding a child care solution for the holiday
- Me and My husband stay in different cities…a person is just trying to delegate everything to me ..which is frustrating
- Deadlines, husband bad aattitude, kid not doing well in school, baby is needy
- Nursing my husband while he’s injured. It’s difficult because we don’t get along well and he consistently acts entitled and deserving of everything. Add to that the way men act then they’re sick and injured…
- Deal with a husband who does not know how to communicate effectively. This was frustrating because i feel im not being heard or my opinions considered.
- Deal with my husbands lack of ability to get things done. Frustrates me because i’m a pretty organized person.
- Work with my husband to over come a concern in our dogs behavior. This is frustrating as he is intolerant to behavior he finds unacceptable.
- Listen to my husband complain about me, his life, our kids, his frustrations. It was frustrating because he wasn’t listening to anyone else and he was going on and on about how negative everything was.
- Talking to my husband about my problems and struggles. He is not mentally and emotionally at a place where he can help or support me.
- Arguing with my husband. Because it makes me feel bad about myself and out of control.
- Trying to get my husband to decorate, it is frustrating because I keep asking him and he keeps saying that he will do it tomorrow and then he never does.
- To clean after my husband, because he only throw things in the house and let them like this
- Just look after my husband I swear I have one big kid. I just don’t want to be a stay at home mom anymore im not sure which career path to take
- Communicate with my husband. This was frustrating because he is a male.
- Communicate with my husband in a way that moves closer to an improved communicative, best friends relationship and further away from apathy and hostility.
- Disagreement with my husbands desire for consistency always. Two year old children are not always consistent with bed time.
- Communicating with my husband about who pays the bills. This is frustrating because of how much I take care of for us already.
- Trying to persuade my husband into helping me make a chart. This is frustrating because he wants me to do it, then tell him what I want him to do. This never works.
- It’s hard to get my ex husband to not commit stupid things that will end up putting him in trouble.
- Communicating with my ex husband is very frustrating because we are not on the same page.
- I went on a date with my husband and he got frustrated when we disagreed and when he wasn’t really listening to what I was saying I got frustrated back.
- I’ve had to deal with my husband and mother not getting along, which is frustrating because they relate to each other in a way that is foreign to me, seems pretty toxic, and is well-established between them.
- Cleaning after my dog and husband who don’t really care what the house looks like and only clean when he feels it’s unbearable.
- At this moment in time my husband has returned to work but this has changed our finances so with the help of my husband we will figure out how to get through this.
- Have a discussion with my husband about our finances. It was frustrating because I don’t always ask questions that cause him to give me complete information. Then I get frustrated because I have to continue to ask more questions to understand everything.
- Having to play along with my husbands lies for the sake of his image while i leave the relationship peacefully
- Taking off my job to take my husband to the doctor for test. Because last year I had to take myself in for the same test. He wouldn’t take me…
- Frustration- needing to tell my husband to do his chores when he committed to doing so.
- Figure out what sort of jobs my husband and I would be good at and enjoy. This is frustrating because neither of us are sure what jobs we would want.
- Having to deal with an alcoholic husband has been the most frustrating thing ever
- Losing weight & being away from my husband while he works long hours.
- Keep explaining over and over to my husband because he cannot seem to remember or hear what I am saying.
- I had to do all the dishes because my husband didn’t do any of the dishes.
- It’s occasionally frustrating that my husband and I have different communication styles, even though we’re both aware of it and genuinely try to communicate in ways we both understand.
- I got frustrated this morning when my husband sent an email out to our kids to have a family mtg about a business I am not fully ready to do . I am not a risk taker
- Watch my kids not do well in baseball. My husband and I clearly felt like we were the best at our interests growing up. I want my kids to experience and gain confidence from discovering what they are great at… We are still looking.
- Planning the building of our new home with my husband, who runs on a different wavelength than me.
- Trying to set up doctor’s appointments for my husband. I have not been successful in moving up a surgery date.
- To try and figure out the best way to help my husband forgive his dad, best way to handle his grief from his mothers death. And convince him that I love him and am here no matter what.
- When i had to move on after my separation with my husband
- Figure out what to do with my life after losing my husband of 27 years.
- I had to send a friend a message regarding money her husband owed me. The frustration was that they claimed they would take care of their obligation, but didn’t follow through.
- I’m a stay at home mom. My frustration is messy kids and husband.
- Fighting with disabiltiy insurance company they don’t believe my husband is as sick as he’s been dianosed
- I had to skip a work out in order to grocery shop and cook dinner. My husband on the other hand tells me how great his workout was, which was frustrating.
- The most frustrating thing I have done is clean, then moments later my husband makes a mess. This is frustrating because I work so hard to keep things clean and he messes it up within seconds.
- The most frustrating thing I have to do on a daily basis is deal with my husband and discuss matters of importance with him. We definitely do not communicate well.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do was go to a Dr. appointment alone because my husband is out of town. This was frustrating because it is an exciting time for us and it was disappointing to be alone without him.
- The most frustrating things I am dealing with at this present time is wanting a divorce from my husband yet being unable to support myself and my children so I am having to learn how to survive my current situation.
- Take responsibility for other peoples pathes. Happy to decide and be responsible for myself. Wish my husband would do the same and not ask me what to do
- Staying awake all night due to being a third shift worker. This is frustrating because I want to spend more time with my husband and I want to do something more fulfilling.
- During teenage i think i are a jerk and $@. means my attitude its quite irritated i wish i could be just a nice girl. currently I just cannot control my anger, after i fight with my husband then i will cry.. this just makes me feels better.
- Wife just got a back problem. Now I have to hover around her to see if she needs anything and she’s not getting the information or taking action to solve her problem.
- Clean the house after returning from a business trip. Wife was home through the entirety
- My wife being in pain due to pregnancy and not being able to help. I find this frustrating as I like to fix problems
- My wife was unfaithful and i am having to decide if we are going to stay together and how i am going to treat her and what actions we need to take to come through this
- When my wife gets frustrated with me and i don’t know why!
- Tell my wife i want to go with my father to upington. my wife gets very upset when i want to help my parents.
- Work with my wife explaining why her coworkers consistently misinterpret her motives or are comments. She has a difficult time accepting personal responsibility for her comments and actions.
- Trying make my wife understand why I’m taking up this course
- Dealing with my wife who has different standards when it comes to almost everything.
- Be away from my wife. Its frustrating because I love being with her. I love having her in my life. So having to be away from her is very hard.
- Work through my wife not wanting to be married. It was frustrating because it’s something that I really wanted. And I work hard to change that need to be changed when it came to me.
- Working with my ex-wife to handle small details that she can and should be doing herself.
- Taking care of the wife because she has been sick and wanting me to do everything. Have not had alone time at all.
- Communicate with my wife. We have trouble understanding each other’s thoughts processes.
- Discussions with my wife about the exact same things. Year after year, day after day. She likes to point out all the causes of a situation whereas I want to find the path of the solution. Cause is important, but only after the issue has been addressed.
- Staying away from my wife. She cannot join me due to health reasons
- Drive around with my wife telling me how to drive. Don’t need her backseat driving tips. Drives me crazy
- I had to explain to my wife that I don’t like the way she can’t hold a conversation without so many tangential topics and non-essential side commentaries that I eventually can’t follow the point she’s making. And do it in a way that didn’t land me in the doghouse.
- I feel frustrated when my wife don’t listen and submit to me. I want to see myself as head of the family and demand respect from her
- Want to ask questions to my wife but I quiet because I didn’t want to begin another fight
- Waiting in the store for my wife & kid to pick up their choice of jewelry. It was frustating that they were not able to decide what to buy.
- Resolve an issue between my wife and parents. It was frustrating as I could see the argument from both sides but neither were prepared to accept the position/opinion of the other, leaving me caught in the middle
- I had to try to convince my wife that she could do more around the house. It was frustrating because I work 60+ hours a week and do full time classes and she can’t even keep the house clean.
- Unable to communicate with my wife becuase she don’t have confidence on me.
- Waiting at the hospital for my wife to get seen by the doctor. It just seems that you always have top wait no matter what time they tell you to be there you have to wait.
- I’ve had to try and convince my wife not to be down on her lack of employment and prevent her from wanting to move back to her home country.
- I had to have a Saturday where my wife was busy which meant I had to start a bunch of projects. I don’t like to spend a lot of time on any one project to see it through to completion. I would rather delegate it.
- My sister is imposing her issues on my wife and it’s been hard to handle.
- One thing i hate is quarreling with my wife or anybody but i strongly admit that most of my time at house goes in quarreling .
- 1. my car has been hit by another car. 2. my wife’s job is not satisfied, i am looking for a job for her, but doesn’t have clue;
- I had to help decide to move and change schools based on my wife’s job. This was very difficult because this is a temporary job and I’m planning on supporting us both with my schooling.
- Feels helpless right now since I can’t find a job, and I have a wife and a kid to feed. Staying at in-law’s and my mother’s house doesn’t help.
- Repetitive testing on same functionality deal with expense of my wife hangover in the morning
- The most frustrating thing that i had to is getting along with my wife because we both have strong leader type personalities and we always fight for control.
- I deleted a phone number from my phone after talking to a friend when my wife asked me about who i was talking to. it pissed her off when she found i had deleted it.
- At home, my brother was sleeping on the couch when he should be home with his wife. at work, wednesday’s are always anxious, a lot of work increased and in turn there were unanticipated errors
- I am not able to decide now that i have to shift my family to home town due to wife’s pregnency or keep them with me.
- Deal with job that perpetuates abuse from client. Deal with truly loving self, life, wife, and friends.
- The decision to move on, move forward. I am recently divorced and want to get back with my wife but have come to realized she has moved on and wants nothing to do with me. I therefore need to let go and move on.
- The most frustrating thing I have ever done would be going to court for custody battle with my ex wife. It was frustrating because she was making lies up about me that were not true.
- Honestly….the most frustrating thing I had to do is deal with my very annoying pregnant soon to be wife. I’ve never dealt ith anything that I couldn’t handle but my pregnant fiancee is by far the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to deal with.
- I have spent the last two weeks looking for work and trying to determine what i should do with my life. That in itself is pretty frustrating because i have a wife and bills to pay.
- Ive had trouble getting my family to help me around the house. I seem to be unable to motivate them into casting amount where we live. I want to have people over but my wife and kids live like slobs.