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posted 2 years ago in Relationships
  • poll: How often do you feel bored around your partner?
    Never : (28 votes)
    47 %
    On occasion : (30 votes)
    51 %
    Often : (1 votes)
    2 %
    More often than not : (0 votes)
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    internationalwedding    july 2010  

    Do you get bored? Is this a normal part of life? Normal in the ups and downs of pre-marriage and marriage? What do you do about it? Could the feeling be wedding jitters? A manifestation of that horrid fear of commitment thing? What do you guys think?

     
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    cheerful    September 2009 - eloped  

    Honestly, my husband has never bored me. Driven me crazy? Made me angry? Oh yeah. Bored? Never. 

    I usually can't stand being around another person for more than five hours. I've never once had that antsy feeling of having to get away from him.

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    I don't really know how to answer this. I guess I don't expect FI to entertain me? Sure I am bored when he is around sometimes... but I don't think he is boring. Life is boring sometimes :)

     
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    Miss Chapstick    September 2009  

    I voted "on occasion" because sometimes, my husband and I are bored together. There are some weekends where we just don't feel like doing anything, but at the same time, we look at each other and say, "we're bored!"

    But I'm never board because of him, if that's what you're asking. We're just sometimes bored together, and yes, I think that's perfectly natural Life can't always be super exciting.

     
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    LittleLynx    May 28, 2011   Canada

    *shrug* I don't get bored easily. I can pretty much always find something to entertain myself. Plus, if one of us gets bored, usually we'll say something and then go out to play! Sometimes all you need is a change of scenery :)

     
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    jbbaby    March 12, 2010   San Diego

    Sometimes I get bored because I'm very independent and we live together so I see him everyday. When I do get bored, I get out of the house for a few hours. When I get back I'm happy to see him!

     
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    catlady    June 26, 2010   Toronto

    We've been together for so long that it's bound to happen every now and then.  I don't think it's necessarily a reflection of him.  It's not as if I get bored of him or because of him it's just life can't always be exciting and new.  Am I making any sense?

     
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    naangel55    June 20, 2009   Long Beach, CA

    I voted on occassion. I wouldnt say he bores me but there are times when we are bored together.  Nothing on TV, nowhere to go, nothing to do kinda thing.

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    Not going to lie, sometimes my dear boyfriend bores me to tears. Of course, that's only when he's lecturing on the history of the baptist church in the 1980's, classic films of the 1930's or you know, the study of BEING. He knows everything and is working towards being a college professor, but right now he doesn't have an audience to lecture about such things and so... here I am.

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    Well, I can be bored AROUND my husband, but HE doesn't bore me. He's not exactly a crazy entertaining dance around kind of fella, but if he bored me...I would take that as his inability to carry on a conversation or do meaningful things with me. Don't get me wrong, I'm bored without him sometimes....but his personality doesn't bore me. I'm pretty busy so I don't get "bored" necessarily

     
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    cbgg      

    I spend my whole week at work being bored as hell at work so I couldn't bear it if I were bored around him!

    I only get to see my guy on weekend (we don't live in the same city) and we action pack our weekends together.  

    If you're finding your bored around your guy maybe you should try picking up some new activities together?  If all you do together is watch TV I can see how you'd get bored.

     
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    Chachacha    June 2010   Minneapolis, MN

    My FI doesn't bore me but I do get bored around him. Sometimes there aren't things to do, things to watch, whatever but I don't think he's a boring person. He has a great personality and is very engaging but there are times when it is boring being around him.

     
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    Akennedy01    September 24, 2011   KY

    Car rides. Especially after work and to work. He's grumpy in the mornings because he is NOT a morning person and after work, he just needs unwinding time and they're also tearing up the interstate we use to get home so our 15 minutes commute has turned into 45... And I get bored. I want to talk but he'd rather not. He just wants to listen to music and unwind.

     
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    Minutiae    May 2011  

    I can't recall ever being truly bored with him. Sometimes he rambles on about work, but that's amusing in its own right. :P We're a pretty introverted pair and can be quiet for a long time without it bothering us, so we're happy to do our own thing rather than try to entertain each other. I guess that growing up in the middle of nowhere taught me to amuse myself.

     
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    luli29    October 9, 2010   Massachusetts

    I'm voting on this in the same way that cheerful saw the poll

    No, I have never thought, my FI is so boring I just can't stand to be next to him.

    Do we ever get bored when we're together because we have nothing to do...yes.

     

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    My future hubs hasn't ever made me bored. Things arn't always perfect...but they also arn't ever boring! And I'd always rather be hanging out with him then alone :)

     
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    mouse    September 11, 2009   Austin, TX

    Neither of us is ever really bored because we always have a million things that we want to do but don't have time for!  However, I think being bored with your partner could just be a normal, natural part of the relationship, or it could be a sign of things to come.  I guess it depends on what you mean by bored--do you mean that you don't find him exciting and you're looking to other people to be fulfilled?  That could be a bad sign.

     
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    eryepye    March 27, 2010   Seattle, married in Portland

    We have our ups and downs, but I'm never bored with my FI.  Even if we're just hanging out with nothing to do, he has never been the cause of my boredom.

     
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    simpleandchic    November 27, 2010   Adelaide, South Australia

    I agree with the other Bees my FI doesnt bore me as such, and at the mo we are both too busy to be bored, However I do get bored too tears during Football season, don't get me wrong I love sport and I am more than willing to watch our Footy team play each week, I'll watch cricket all day in Summer (I don't know many GF's that are prepared to watch a 5 day Test intently). I love the Olympics, Tennis, Golf, Rugby even the Soccer if Australia is playing. what I object to is when my FI try's to watch all 8 Football games played by every team in the AFL (Australian otball League) each week.

     
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    Shelbybell    June 28, 2008   Philadelphia

    Never bored with my hubby!!  Do I roll my eyes at him on occasion- yes!!  ;)

     
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    internationalwedding    july 2010  

    hmmm, thanks ladies. im not saying he is boring. i love him dearly, and we have tons in common, and then also tons not so common, which keeps things interesting. i think I needed a little reassurance. Its a huge step, and i get some doubts soemtimes, but its more a reflection of some unhealthy things i have witnessed in my own past and the reluctance to make a commitment till now! But I am happy to have done so! :)

    I was a little scared to even see the responses on here (!)- so thank you for the honesty and stellar support.

     

     

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