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No, I feel the 2nd year has been more difficult. But that I feel is because were adjusting to having a child(DS was born almost a month before our 1 year anniversary)

So far all of our years have been hard :(my dad passed away, my husband's company was bought out, we had a m/c and so on....we've gotten through it well but we have certainly had more than our fair share of stressors.

Looking back, no. I mean, I moved internationally and started a new job, but by far the toughtest year was the year our son was born.

No, but we also lived together before we got married. I have other friends who moved in together just after their weddings, and it was a much more difficult transition for them. For us the hardest year so far is definitely the first year post baby. I think it's really important to be honest and keep communicating throughout. Yeah, it's been hard for us, but we talk about it a lot, so we understand that we're both struggling a bit right now.

@Mrs. Pen: Yep, this is us exactly. Our third year of marriage has been the hardest with the change of baby. Our second year of marriage was the start of it getting harder with pregnancy and all that comes along with it. I'm hoping that our fourth year of marriage will be better and stronger.

Congrats on making it through the first year! Our first year o f marriage was tough (as was the second) but mostly because of the toll of having to care for my father-in-law who was suffering from a terminal illness and also my mother-in-laws emotional, financial and physical well being. Looking back, I can now see the silver lining and how it made our relationship that much stronger. Hopefully our first year with a baby (due in Oct) will be bliss some sarcasm there. I know it ill be hard!

Yes, I'd say that marriage-wise, it was. This past year has been much harder for me personally but our first year of marriage dh was applying for his current job (and it's a looong process) and we quit our old jobs and moved thousands of miles away, and dh's dad was ill and died.