Most people have a dream. They dream that they will grow old surrounded by their beautiful wife, sweet children, and grandchildren. But for so many, this dream never becomes a reality. How many people pledge allegiance to each other, vow to spend their lives together, but yet it doesn’t seem to work out. For one of many reasons, things are not as exciting as they used to be. When you first got married, the only thing you could think about was each other. So many happy hours were spent together. Cuddling under the blankets with popcorn and your favorite movie. Long walks through the forest, enjoying each other’s company. Numerous short vacations just to get away, either to the beach or golfing resort. You did so many things to have fun. To enjoy the pleasures of life, to live and love.
But later things started turning a little sour. Maybe having kids was a big surprise. Never in your life did something take up as much energy, mental energy, as having kids. Married life has a tremendous amount of stress. Its harder work than anything you ever experienced. It comes as a shock to most people. They were happily married just a few years ago, and now they almost never get to relax, with some peace and quiet. Without noise from the kids.
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by adminFight to Save Your Relationship
by adminYou must know women who are mean and manipulating in their relationships, perhaps you are one of them. I know plenty, so you could be one of them. What am I talking about? A wife/girlfriend who always fights over nothing, who threatens to walk out of the relationship, who shouts, who throws with whatever is at hand, and very popular is the wife that walks away (perhaps even hides herself) and hopes that the husband follows and/or searches for her.
Marriage is supposed to be a happy institution; it is about love, commitment, support, sharing, compromising, giving, etc. Of course, every couple has to have an argument every now and then, but that does not have to end in a dirty fight. If you are grown up enough to get married, you should be grown up enough to make your marriage last.
Research shows that 50% of the marriages will only be happy after therapy. Isn’t that ridiculous? Do we really need a therapist to show us how to be a couple? Shouldn’t it be natural for two people who love each other to stay together?
Divorce rates started rising in the 1960′s and even faster in the 1970′s, but seemed to stagnate a little bit after that. (The stagnation is just an illusion, because many people live together and separate without ever marrying now.) Anyway, according to the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce.
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