I could of swore I heard we could take our wives to fight with us just like any other normal follower,but nope,apparently they just stay at the house and open up a shop and cook for you.

Does this happen to all NPC's you marry? I cant even give her armor or tell her to follow me like a normal follower,ugh this svcks.

Yeah, thats what everyone seems to find out after they get married.

It svcks.

then why the hell is everyone saying she can be a companion?

Eh? I married Aela the Huntress and she stays in our home at Whiterun, cooking and running her business, but if i want to have her go adventuring, i just scroll down the dialogue and do "Follow me". That also allows for the inventory trade option. I have given her the Forsworn [Superior] armor and she wears it, but after a while defaults back to original armor. You can have your wife as a Companion.

Marry your Friends that's the key.

It svcks hard.....there goes my entire roleplay of taking my wife to hunt with me,asdfghjklasdfh dammit,I guess Im just gonna have to stay friends LOL Too bad you cant tell followers to move in. This might just be,my very first complaint about Skyrim.

Why would my wife be running around with me killing dragons? She should be at home cooking dinner, so that after I come back home from epic dragon slaughtering/fedex servicing I get to eat my big piece of chicken. At least bethesda got this right - my wife's place is in the kitchen. Lololol.

Wait really?! If thats true then YES! Im gonna have to marry her then lmao

yeah but aela was already a companion before u marry her

smh

marry a person who can be your companion

Who else other then Aela?

Hmm....gonna have to go check the wikia

Seems like one little nugget of logic can be derived from this thread...

Marry somebody who can follow you in the first place, I don't understand why you'd want to marry the pretty little jewel merchant and take her Dragon hunting anyway, if you marry a badass babe like the Huntress then I can understand (Although when you do marry her she follows you anyway...)

Some women are suited to domestic roles, some are suited to more adventurous roles, it goes down to who you marry not the fact you marry.

You really want your wife to come?

Half-way to the dungeon...

Wife: "Um, honey, I forgot my new bracers, can we go back for them?"
Adventure: "Grrr "

Back home, she picks up her new bracers (they go with her gloves), off they go again..

They get to the mountain range, the adventure turns left...

Wife: "Um, honey, you know it's quicker if we go right here, we can avoid all those mammoths and giants?"
Adventure: "Grrr " *retraces steps and turns right*

They arrive and prepare for battle...

Wife: "Um, honey, you're not going in equipped like that are you? Surely you want Flame in your left hand, and the good Steel sword in your right??"
Adventurer: "ARRRGH!! I've had enough! It's D.I.V.O.R.C.E. for you, the Skyrim way!" *swings, crits, decapitates and loots the body*

supposedly Lydia should be possible to marry but can't because its bugged. (got that from wiki)
you can use the command line bit on her if your PC (I doubt there's a command line for consoles)

Marry a mercenary if you want a fighting spouse.

i married whats her face (the nord girl in riffen) and she goes when me all the time

The simple answer is that not all marriage-compatible NPCs are companion-compatible NPCs, and vice-versa.

Using the console to make Lydia marriage material will show this.

Technically you can bring your wife to battle.

Only problem is, the battle is against YOU as you try to kill her.