Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Approaching the one year anniversary...
I can't believe a year has gone by so fast. My wedding day was magical and so was the honeymoon. I have to say the first year of marriage was really tough but also really great! I don't care what anyone says, there is definitely a shift when you finally say I do! In one year, I moved to where my husband lived (fiancee at the time) so I gave up a job I loved and left everything that I knew (family and friends included). I am on my second job (first was was part time so I was really looking for a full time and I got it). I realized when you live together and are married, there is lot of juggling- in-laws especially. I learned that you can make extraordinary sacrifices for the people you love. While sometimes I felt sorry for myself (no friends in a new area, far away from parents) I now can look back and see not only would he do it for me..but I am happy to have done it for him. Expectations shift, being far away from family/friends means some weekends I am away from my husband b/c I cant see people in a day but it's ok and it's our life.
I need to be more appreciative and less negative. I think the move was hard and I tended to focus on being away from everyone else rather than finally being close to my husband. It's pretty amazing how much change a year can bring. I feel really blessed and lucky to have the husband I do. I guess I wanted to put it all out there. For those newlyweds, everyone's journey is different but call me crazy...that first year is a tough one-especially if you didn't live together first like us. Hang in there and always always focus on the happy- I learned I need to do that more. Happy days everyone!
Re: Approaching the one year anniversary...
Phew! Sounds like tough but good time! Well with 1 year out of the way of getting settled, hopefully you will have a better year. H's sibling is getting married in 2 yrs and they still don't live together so I'm sure it will also be tough for them. Our
Oh my gosh! I just read this and felt as though I had to respond! I too am approaching my one year anniversary (Sunday) and have been through almost exactly the same thing.
I got married and moved 600 miles away from all my family an