Jill Andres > Quotes

“You might go alone to work and then get drinks with friends, but if the money you earn and spend is shared with someone else, you’re never quite alone. Joining your money means losing a fundamental type of independence.”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"

“More than anything, Kurt reminded me how hard it is to know if you’re marrying the right person until you’ve already married them. How was he supposed to know about”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"

“Partnership was the great efficiency of truly being a couple.”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"

“Our parents have known us the longest, but our spouses eventually know us best.”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"

“Soul mates weren’t found, they were made. And knowing that was also a burden. It meant we weren’t destined for happiness or compatibility on any page beyond this one.”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"

“For the first time I had a concrete set of midlife dreams, but they looked really hard to pull off alone.”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"

“Embracing some of each other’s interests would make our life together that much easier.”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"

“There are things that are important to our partners that we don’t know much about, and part of being a good spouse is learning to care, at least a little, about those things.”
― Jill Andres, The Marriage Test: Our 40 Dates Before "I Do"