Facebook's "It's Complicated"

So on FACEBOOK within the "relationship status" area there is a range of various status levels one can choose.....Married, Single, Networking, In A Relationship, Divorced, blah, blah, blah. There is also one titled, "It's Complicated."

Lately.....I'm noticing various people changing their status levels from "Married" to "It's Complicated" and back again.....over and over. It's ticking me off.

My first thought/response upon seeing this was aimed directly to the person, chastising them for being a big pussy. Now I'm thinking about the title itself. One blanket statement really does sum it all up.

MARRIED.....hell yeah it's complicated. It's without question the most complicated endeavor you will ever experience. It's miserable, it's wonderful....it's nights when you are pissed off at your spouse and you long for the days when they went back to their own apartment and left you the hell alone. But you can't. You figure it out. You make things work. You talk and solve and promise and you try. You stick it out cause in this world marriage is one of the few things that isn't easy. That is what is so blessed about it. It's one of the few true things that one can EARN in this world. It's something that you build day by day by day. By giving it your all you forge your character and thus a life that you never dreamed could be so wonderful. Nothing that is worthwhile comes easy. And marriage is one of the most worthwhile things on this earth.

So stop going back and forth between MARRIED and IT'S COMPLICATED. We know it's complicated. It's also wonderful and easy and worth every ounce of blood, sweat and tears you put into it. Suck it up and work it out.

Marriage is the hardest thing one will ever do......and it's the greatest accomplishment you'll ever have.

Leslie Link-Mitchell: Status: MARRIED