Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-109.221.212.147-20160403101052/@comment-26118366-20160731214259

I've almost always married Farkas in my playthroughs - partially because he's a giant sweetie but also because I love his voice. I tend to leave him at home (with the kids, usually) because he gets in my way in caves etc.

With my current character, though, I married Vilkas and - after making him essential with Console commands because ooops I may have accidentally fatally shot him on our 'honeymoon' {thank goodness for auto save!} - now I adventure with him. I still get the 'romantic' lines from him when I've gone to retrieve him after dismissing him for a quest, but since most of our interactions are of the adventuring variety, I feel that he only goes mushy for his spouse when he hasn't seen her for a while, and everyone else gets to deal with the standoffish Companion ... which is really cute, imho.

I don't know if I could just adventure with someone else and come home to him being overly sweet all the time, though.

TL;DR As potential husbands, Farkas is great to leave at home, while Vilkas is probably better to make your follower. But it all comes down to personal preference.