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I left a little bit of unsolicited advice for marriage at the end of my anniversary post yesterday, and in turn called for our married hive members’ advice on Weddingbee’s Twitter and Facebook as well. The response was fantastic—we got so many juicy nuggets of advice from you all that we couldn’t help but archive them here for eternity on the blog!

ambergontrail_ : I have two pieces of advice: Separate bathrooms and a King Sized Bed!!

blifestyles : I only give one piece of advice to newlyweds: Don’t put fabric softener in with your towels. (Ed. note: fabric softener makes towels less absorbant!)

AmyC83 : Be silly. Make each other laugh every day.

TweetMyWedding : A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Mignon McLaughlin

BeccaBooJones: always pick your battles, at the end of the day, does it really matter?

ZazzBridal: never stop working on improving your communication together! really listen and never judge your spouse.

BrieBridalism: marry yourself 1st and never lose your own identity…always stay true to yourself

FamilyAndFur: Try to laugh at his jokes at least 80% if the time.

FrenchieBirdie: Use please and thank you.

TweetMyWedding: TRUST. Without it you have nothing.

blairbrittevent: invest 100% of yourself in your spouse & your return on that investment will yield an amazing amount of their love, attention & time

edibleliving: Learn to cook the things he {or she} loves & make your kitchen table the safest, surest place you both love to come home to.

CocoMcKown: Don’t feel like you have to be super wife and cook/clean/make the bed everyday. Your sanity will thank you.

tara_blogs: Grandma, married 65 years, says each “doing their half” not good enough. Each must give 100%.

BeeingMissStar: Cuddles solve a lot more problems than they should by all logic

blueberries4me: Learn where your partner loses stuff. Like putting the remote on the kitchen counter, or leaving keys in jeans pockets.

sunnydebs: it’s not you against him when you fight. It’s both of you against the problem

curliemegs: Never go to bed angry.

bride_support: Figure out how much being right means to you versus having a peaceful house and life.

jbhops: do the chores the other hates. Every time he empties the dishwasher, I’m reminded how lucky I am

sharonnaylorwed: Don’t be afraid to be silly; making each other laugh is absolutely priceless

sharonnaylorwed : Just listen without offering to solve the problem right away. Let each other vent w/out saying ’simple, do this’

Dani_PA: pick your battles - know which little things drive you crazy that you should really just let go of.

toastietweets: It’s okay to go to sleep angry! Gives you time to clear your mind. Then you can kiss & make up.

missfunnelcake: Make time for walks. Not only is it healthy, you talk way more.

birdroughsit: Always kiss hello, goodbye, good morning, & goodnight. It’s nearly impossible to kiss angrily.

galensays: Kiss first thing in the morning, and last thing at night. And, a good spooning never hurt anyone. (I hope)

MrsBrooch: Surprise each other & for no reason other than to b spontaneous and sweet!

culbycheese: It’s OK to go to bed mad sometimes- a fresh perspective after a short distance can stop trivial fights from escalating.

les852: Make your marriage a priority. Make time for each other, just like you do for anything else important to you.

EndearedHE: there are two sides to every disagreement.

obxwife: Bite your tongue, make each other laugh, and let your husband have the remote… sometimes.

formerlygood: a single friend wrote on our “guest book”: fight just so you can have makeup sex. Haha!

EatingMaggie: My guest wrote to fight naked so the fight is always fair and you see each other for what you are.

enchantedevent: The key to a happy marriage is having separate bathrooms…

We loved hearing all your advice for a successful marriage! We’re thinking about having various weekly sessions on topics advice for all things surrounding weddings and marriage, so if you want to hear from the twittersphere about a specific topic relating to weddings/relationships, let us know in the comments and we’ll set up next week’s session! We’re thinking about having days focused on:

• favorite wedding DIY project
• favorite real wedding
• advice for your wedding day
• what I wish I knew when I was engaged
• advice for those of us waiting for the ring
• …whatever you want to talk about!

Let us know what you want to hear about in the comments here, and be sure to follow Weddingbee on Twitter and Facebook to participate.