that I miss since I got married:
- my involvement in Urdu poetry and literature based organizations
- participating in sports teams
- volunteering/organizing cultural shows
have you given anything up or become too busy to do since you got married?
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I was quite an introvert before marriage but my husband is the opposite so he's really opened up my world.
I'm taking piano lessons which I always wanted to do but never made the time, started doing yoga together and a lot of travelling.
I think what we give up is our own decision, if there's something in your life that makes you happy you should do it (as long as it doesn't hurt anyone). :)
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- volunteer work, but moreso because of the kids and their timetable.
- Painting - not that I'm Picasso but I used to enjoy "playing" with colors. Not so much time now.
hmm with marriage… i gave up writing. now i had someone i could share all my views on everytb
hing that mattered, with
wearing colored eyeliner. (are we 12?!) as well as dark lipsticks. he finds it whore-ish .. red makes him puke. :d
the real sacrifice came after kids though. i gave up my peace of mind. :hinna:
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Being completely self absorbed all the time. Im serious.
I love colored eyeliners and I’ll wear red lips even more when I get married 
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I miss working. since getting married, I moved a bit far from where I used to work so I left that job. Now I feel like such a lazy housewife.
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I miss working. since getting married, I moved a bit far from where I used to work so I left that job. Now I feel like such a lazy housewife.
omg...I remember that stage when I moved to London and felt like I was doing nothing all day long.
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yeah , I used to do a lot voluntary work on the desi front ( abuse victims, forced marriage, senior citizens etc ) .. all of that left behind
And I have lost my liveliness, exactly as Khawa put it ! I used to do new things , try out stuff , but left everything coz he doesnt like it , but I miss it all ..
My son , recently , did some makeup on me ! smeared me with my shadow kit ( which he destroyed beyond repair ) during that process of smearing shadows all over my face , he accidentally put lots of brown on my eye, with a hint of shimmery green. That reminded me of the time when I used to try out all the loud stuff 
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Hmmmm it's hard for me to say. I got married when I was pretty young and I can honestly say I don't miss much about myself at that age or my single life.....I can't really think of many good things about myself from those days. Marriage, the ups and downs and the tough spots rough times etc, all taught me to be a better person. (this is just my own experience though)
Maybe one thing I miss is that the possibilities seemed so endless at that time. But that seems more liek an age/hindsight/idealistic view rather than anything realistic
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Hated my single life. I am very glad to have people in my life which before was more electronics/computers.
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The good thing is , there were a lot of things before marriage which I wanted to do , but couldnt do , due to a very very hectic career . Things like cooking, dawats ,mehendi, dressing desi , decorating the home , crochet, cake making etc
Got a chance to get them out of my system after marriage when i felt work for a bit. that was an awesome time of my life :@:
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OK I do miss how cute and pretty I was. I was thinner than I am now but I wish I’d appreciated the way I looked.
Before marriage/in college, I would wear the weirdest combos of clothes and go crazy with makeup (think violet contacts and electric teal eyeshadow)–and I rocked it. I wore lenghas on Eid, and heavy lenghas to other peoples’ weddings (and no I never upstaged any bride 
), “fur” coats, weird combinations of clothes that I’d never wear now…
It’s not like husband has stopped me but I think it was more the fact that I was young…as I’ve aged, I’ve lost the nerve to experiment as much as I did then and try so many weird outfits.
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Nightlife/parties/Dancing/concerts.
I was quite social pre marriage and during our engagement. Lots of get togethers, late night hangouts and impromptu dance parties with friends. Husband is more sober homebody type who doesn’t like late nights, so our social life has changed drastically. He prefers hanging out with only a select one or two couples so I’ve had to alter my socializing a bit, which was to be expected after kids anyway. It’s okay though…I’ve got my own gal pals group now that I go out with alone and since hubby is friends with their husbands as well, it works out well for all of us
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I wonder what ya'll's husbands miss...:P
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omg...I remember that stage when I moved to London and felt like I was doing nothing all day long.
thats how i feel. good thing i discovered GS to keep my busy
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not sure i miss much. i do pretty much everything i used to do when single (except for a couple of activities that were deemed too dangerous by SWMBO), and now that someone else does the laundry and dishes, i have even more time.
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not sure i miss much. i do pretty much everything i used to do when single (except for a couple of activities that were deemed too dangerous by SWMBO), and now that someone else does the** laundry and dishes**, i have even more time.
I hate doing laundry and dishes
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The part of me I think I miss is the amount of time I had to anything I wanted. Now I feel like I am always busyyy doing something.