Sometimes making a marriage work seems like a never ending battle when issues arise in the relationship that make both partners unhappy.
Sometimes making a marriage work can feel like serving out a sort of religious mission.
Not exact matches
The societal narrative is that something must be wrong with you if you can't
make your
marriage work — you're not committed enough, you're not willing to do the hard
work, you're deeply flawed or incredibly selfish, etc. — instead of acknowledging that, hey,
sometimes people
make mistakes.
Sometimes there may be sobbing, though it is usually about loss of the relationship, not about being emotionally available or wanting to
make the
marriage work.
Sometimes it's about how you were fighting, not what you were fighting about Dr. Gottman has a powerful exercise on page 188 in The Seven Principles for
Making Marriage Work that will help heal these emotional injuries.
A few seasoned married couples share some of their creative (and
sometimes humorous) solutions for resolving conflict that have helped
make their
marriages work.
Here, a few seasoned married couples share some of their creative (and
sometimes humorous) solutions for resolving conflict that have helped
make their
marriages work.
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul Seven Principles for
Making Marriage Work Sometimes I Act Crazy Spontaneous Happiness Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters Strong Mothers, Strong Sons Stumbling On Happiness
While I am no stranger to the resentment, disappointment, and struggles which
sometimes result from saying «I do,»
working as a therapist has given me insight to what
makes (or doesn't
make) a healthy
marriage.
Sometimes it's because they feel that one or both of them had not tried hard enough to
make the
marriage work.
If you are one of the millions of remarried Americans facing the challenge of blending two existing families into one cohesive whole, you are part of a stepcouple — and you know all too well how hard it can be to
make your
marriage work in
sometimes tough terrain.