Think you’re ready for marriage, Taylor? Here’s how to survive the first decade

July 3, 2026 — 11:00am

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Dear Taylor Swift, we hear any minute now you’ll be married. Yay! It’s a high-stakes counter-intuitive gamble and I bet you’re going to love a lot of it as much as you love that big hunk of spunk right now.

I wanted to give you a wedding gift that could last longer than a saucepan set: unsought marriage advice from a random. If you don’t have a pre-nup, tuck these tips into your blue garter before you and Travis have at the croquembouche.

In no particular order, here’s what maybe nobody has told you yet (they apply equally to grooms, PS.)

Pop culture has lied. Dating apps, movies, songs – even yours – all tell us successful love means shared interests, hobbies, the “wow” feeling of thinking, “we both love yurts! This is the real deal.”

Shake that off, lady. One of the special ironies of marriage is that it often works for the opposite reason. You were individuals before you met. You loved each other for that uniqueness. So stay you.

Don’t slowly........

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