Your marriage may just not make it 'until death do you part.'
Marriages will either end in death or divorce. Even picture-perfect marriages have the potential to end in the latter. It can take the smallest thing to spark the idea of divorce; those seemingly innocuous mistakes made at the worst possible moment can undermine a lifetime of love and affection.
Sometimes, a trial separation is exactly what a couple needs to last forever.
There are times when friction between two spouses or an unmarried couple can be so intense that the only wise, mature choice is a separation. When two people truly want to work out their differences but can't, my clients and I call this type of separation an intermission.
What if marriage was seen like a child that two spouses were raising together? Would love prevail?
I recently read an article on marriage that asked spouses to dismiss the idea of equality in partnership. Its author called for couples to stop tallying points, stop having power struggles and just love and honor their significant other as selflessly as possible.
Well, the majority of the many comments posted about the article were surprisingly hostile—most people didn’t agree, to say the least, with the author. They felt his advice was not practical and some women readers took it as chauvinist. But I took a lot of good from its words.
Marriage is a lifelong commitment; knowing that is half the struggle.
Don't let your parents' divorce dictate your own destiny.
While experts say that the risk of divorce is 50 percent higher when one spouse comes from a divorced home, and 200 percent higher risk when both of them do, adults don't have to let their parents' divorce dictate their futures. While the numbers may appear against them, research shows that adult children of divorce can learn skills that help them to be great marriage partners. In fact, some even argue that children of divorce have happier marriages, based on the findings from a 2011 PEW Research Center report.
Let’s face it – marriage can be hard! But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
Let’s face it – marriage can be hard! But it doesn’t have to stay that way. There are simple things you can do every day to make a difference. Happy couples know that doing these 3 small things can make a world of difference. Couples in trouble, usually find themselves unsure of where to go or what to do, to make their marriage really thrive. During a typical couples counseling session, you learn new ways to communicate, how to repair lost trust, and how to love each other again properly.
You keep going through the motions, but not feeling it. This is how it sometimes goes when a relationship or marriage is at its end. The whole thing can seem like a bad dream and you just hope that, one day, you'll wake up and it will be over.
Marriage is often considered the most sacred union two people can achieve together. But is your marriage subscribing to socially-accepted falsities? Below are six very mistaken ideas about marriage ... Are they a part of your beliefs? If so, better think again.
Flowers or sweet romantic gesture almost every day? Is it possible?
Flowers or sweet romantic gesture almost every day?
Husband is catching your every word?
Carrying you on his hands after 17 years together?
He knows more about your contraception then you do?
Is it possible?
Bethany Riechmann is a supportive muse, amazing mother of three and dedicated wife to Dustin Riechmann author of Engaged Marriage and Fit Marriage They started their love story 17 years ago and now they actively help couples to bring more love
Do you believe that pointing out your partner's flaws is helpful to your relationship? Not true!
Some people believe that it is caring to point out their partner's flaws — that it will help to make that person a better person. But the intent behind pointing out flaws is not loving — it is controlling.
Pointing Out Flaws