11 Women On Their Biggest Marriage Regrets

Women in unhappy heterosexual marriages may fare worse than their husbands, according to the American Psychological Association.

That might be, they suggest , because women are more likely to stick with a distressing or difficult situation than men, possibly keeping their stress levels higher.

So I was interested to read the responses to a post shared to r/AskWomen , in which site user u/Ok_Percentage6051 asked married women to share their “greatest regret about marriage”.

Here are some of the most-upvoted replies:

1) “I’ve been married for a bit now, and honestly, my biggest regret is not taking enough time to fully understand what shared decision-making really means before jumping in.”

“I’m pretty good with compromise, but it’s so much different when it’s day-to-day stuff wit