Marriage - that simple

Having being married for quite some time, I am afraid to mention the years…(makes me feel like a grandma)…I feel most married people experience similar challenges, views and may have in some point in their marriage experienced trials and tribulations and ups and downs.  From a speech I have heard at a recent wedding the speaker said; Marriage is like your children, you have to continuously nurture them if you want to see them be successful and go down the right path.  You don’t give up on your marriage; the same way you continue to nurture encourage and love your children.  But as we all know it’s easier said than done; in a marriage we are so quick to throw in the towel and call it quits.  But with kids, assets and every other responsibility and partnership that comes with it, it’s not that easy.  So are you willing to continue in a marriage where you are constantly at it with each other for the sacrifice of your children or to continue to enjoy a home verses an apartment?  How far will you go to keep your marriage together?  Will you chose to be selfless or selfish?  Let’s use this blog to share our real life comments.  I would really appreciate honest comments and no sugar coated fairytale suggestions.  This is real life and we all experience it.