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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Save Your Marriage Even if You Think Its Too Late

By Lu Gardner


Marriage is a commitment where two people agree that they will always support each other all through their lives. They offer support through good and bad times. Marriage is recognizable by law.

They tell each other that during their lifetimes they will encourage each other and promise to cherish the relationship and do whatever it takes to protect each other.

Sadly, healthy relationships can turn bad when the involved parties fail to follow through with the commitments they made on their wedding day.

The problems that arise in relationships can be attributed to any number of things...to mention only a few: Lack of understanding of each other, losing trust in the relationship, failing to show interest in the spouse, not communicating, or paying more attention to other family or friends than your own spouse. There are so many different problems that can occur in a marriage.

In order to find problems in a marriage, a person has to admit that sometimes they are wrong and their partner is right. That person should relent in an argument or let the spouse win an argument even if they do know they are right. It doesn't hurt anything to let your partner win for the health of the relationship.

Looking back through the past may help to find out when a partnership started to go wrong. Try to think to the last happy moments during your marriage. Try to find what happened after the happy times, and where things turned for the worse. Ask yourself questions about what makes your spouse happy. Ask yourself what you feel needs to be done to save the marriage. Answering such questions will help you to get on track to mend the relationship.

Seeking answers to these types of questions is the first step in repairing the marriage. These will be the first steps and they show that you are interested in working on your marriage.

Questioning if your marriage is worth saving will surely come up. If you go back to your wedding day and picture how happy you were with your partner, you will see that it is worth saving. With time and commitment, you will see that you can return to having those feelings again.

Do not think that it is too late to restore the happiness in your marriage. Even when things don't look so good for the relationship, just remember that it is never too late. Many couples are looking into Online Marriage Counseling for help with their relationships, and having great success.

Take a stance and talk to your spouse. Let them know how much you are committed to the marriage and how much you want to make it work. When your spouse realizes your commitment, they too may have the desire to make it work. Ask your spouse for help and direction - let them know that they can help you to know what things to say, or not to say. When working together, it is amazing how much progress can be made in a short period of time.




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