Marriage is not beautiful

Marriage is not beautiful. Marriage is ugly; you see the absolute worst in someone. You see them when they're mad, sad, stubborn, and so unlovable they make you scream. But you also get to see them when they are laughing so hard that tears run down their face, and they can’t help but let out those weird gargling noises. You see them at 3am when the world is asleep except you two, and you're eating in the middle of the kitchen floor. You get to know the side of them that no one else does, and it's not always pretty. It’s snorting while laughing, it’s the tears when it feels like it’s all crashing down, it’s the bedhead and bad breath, it’s the random dances, it’s the anger and the joy.

Marriage isn’t a beautiful thing, but it is amazing. It's knowing that someone loves you so much and won’t leave you even though you said something nasty. It’s having someone have your back no matter what. It's the fights over stupid things like someone not doing the dishes or picking up after themselves. And it's those nights you fall asleep in each other’s arms, feeling like there will never be enough time with them. It's cleaning up after them or just rubbing their back when they’re sick.

It’s the dirtiest, hardest, most rewarding job there is. Because at the end of the day, you get to crawl into bed with your best friend—the weirdest, most annoying, loving, goofy, and perfectly imperfect person that you know. Marriage is not beautiful, but it’s one hell of a ride, a journey through all the highs and lows that makes the love deeper and more profound than you could ever imagine.