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Just Some Quick Reviews On Marriage Issues

With marriage many couples don't have security that their spouse is in the marriage to stay. First you should learn to talk to your spouse about your resolve to bring security to your marriage and kick the word "divorce" out of your relationship. Whatever the reasons are, the mean yours and ours syndrome is not likely to go away soon unless we can go into a marriage and truly become one with our spouse.

By Amanda Maseko

With marriage many couples don’t have security that their spouse is in the marriage to stay. First you should learn to talk to your spouse about your resolve to bring security to your marriage and kick the word “divorce” out of your relationship.  Whatever the reasons are, the mean yours and ours syndrome is not likely to go away soon unless we can go into a marriage and truly become one with our spouse.

On problems

Complacency like many other common marriage problems is a bit like the plague.  One of the most common marriage problems in recent times is entering into marriage with the expectation that it is likely to fail.  And other one of the common marriage problems, which often materializes early on in a relationship, is boredom.

Like most common marriage problems if you are prepared to make an effort loss of intimacy in a marriage is relatively easy to resolve but the further apart you allow yourselves to grow the harder it is to get that marriage back on track.  If you are prepared to take the time to really consider the cause of an action such as adultery you will often find that in a large majority of cases there is an underlying root cause, perhaps a seemingly small common marriage problem that compounded to such a degree as to result in adultery.

That having been said, it probably wasn’t a good thing for individuals to feel that they were ‘stuck’ in a marriage - that they had no choice regarding whether to continue with the union.  Don’t let trivia get in the way just because your partner might leave their dirty underwear lying around it doesn’t mean that it’s the end of your marriage and it’s probably a trait that was there long before you married.  You could say that he probably thought that was a rare happening, but little did he know about your klutzy tendencies and that after you married, he’d be helping you up from floors all over the globe.

The counseling

The sad fact is that far too many people wait too long before going for marriage counseling.  So you have come to the decision that in order to save your marriage or at the very least improve it, you need to get some professional help in the form of counseling.  Most of us have a certain idea about marriage counseling - we usually think of it as a modern idea, having grown out of the increase in divorces.

Timely counseling can save your marriage - if both partners are commited to the marriage and to the counseling process.  I am all for marriage counseling to save marriage, however, very often people are being paid huge sums to point out the blindingly obvious.  In my opinion, the most helpful and perhaps the healthiest way for people to look at marriage counseling is to consider it routine maintenance and not a last ditch effort to save a lost cause.

For starters, include the day you met your spouse, your wedding day, your partner’s birthday, your birthday, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, and any other dates that have significant meaning or cause for celebration.  The commitment you made to your spouse and marriage on your wedding day was certainly important-and it counts for a lot.  I also thought that if you knew that your spouse was ‘the one’ and if you really, really loved your spouse, then your marriage would be easy.

Many studies have found that, “Cohabiting unions tend to weaken the institution of marriage and pose clear and present dangers for women and children.  In terms of marriage, look around your own world for the couples who have the strongest and most enjoyable marriages.

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