And thirdly,
happy spouses make life easier for their partners because their partners aren't stressed by the fact that their closest companion is always in a bad mood, and they're not exhausted and stressed by efforts to jolly them along or not upset them.
Not exact matches
Buy your employees lunch,
make sure they have the best equipment, be flexible in your work schedule, keep the
spouses and families
happy, etc..
Both divorce procreation from love, and both
make for compelling, heart - wrenching justifications: the couple who can't afford children now and want to contracept for a time; the
happy but infertile
spouses who want a child of their own.
Maggie Gallagher has been
making eloquent, sophisticated arguments proving simple (some would say self - evident) truths for years now: Marriage is good for
spouses, children, and society at large; or, in her words, married people are
happier, healthier, and better off financially.
If you put your faith in your
spouse to
make you
happy, it's only a matter of time until they let you down.
If you were happily married and that marriage led to an increased sense of well - being, would you want to know if your
spouse was cheating on you, even if that knowledge would
make you less
happy and act in perhaps unhealthy ways?
Wake your
spouse with a «
Happy Birthday», and continue to
make the whole day special with surprise notes, little gifts throughout the day, and ending with a romantic date for the two of you or with a birthday party with invited guests.
The reason is society, which we are personifying as these cows, wants us to get married and stay married, not to
make you
happier or your
spouse happier or your kids
happier, but because society, rightly or wrongly, believes it will get what it wants if it gets people to get married and stay married.
If you weren't interested in sex, or were unable to have intercourse for whatever reason (not that there aren't other ways to be sexual), what would you be willing to do to
make sure your
spouse was sexually
happy?
First, a
happy spouse is a better caretaker; he or she is more likely to have the emotional energy to look after a significant other,
making sure they're O.K., have taken their medications and are looked after when they're ill.
Lately we've been asking ourselves a basic question: Does where you meet your
spouse make a difference in how
happy the marriage is and if the relationship lasts?
Does where you meet your
spouse make a difference in how
happy the marriage is and if the relationship lasts?
Getting engaged can be one of the
happiest moments of your life, but there's no guarantee that you and your future
spouse will actually
make it to your wedding day.
Personally, starting down the barrel of retirement
makes my
spouse and I so
happy that we lived conservatively and directed our earnings towards investing and saving over the years.
Even if you lead a
happy life with your
spouse, significant other or children, there are times where you may feel like the addition of a pet into your home would
make everything complete.
Even if you are not
happy that your
spouse wants out, recognizing that you can not control someone else and acting with maturity can
make the process way less painful for you.
LIC Jeevan Arogya Health Insurance Plan - Review Last week, I was discussing with one of my friend about health insurance policies, where he indicated that he would
make his
spouse happy by including his parent - in - laws in LIC Jeevan Arogya Policy as they are not protected with any other insurance policy.
Make your
spouse happy this Christmas by not forgetting anything.
Proponents of daily sex challenges — and there are a surprising number of these challenges, in which
spouses commit to a roll in the hay every day for a certain period of time — claim daily sex can recharge desire and
make for a
happier marriage.
But having your
spouse in your life should
make you
happier, not more miserable.
Never try to understand what
makes your
spouse «tick»,
happy, or sad.
It takes a little bit of detective work to discover what
makes your
spouse happy — and which things
make them very unhappy as well.
When both
spouses make the effort to
make each other
happy, your marriage becomes a safe haven that lasts.
The good bond between the
spouses is what
makes a marriage
happy.
It doesn't take much to remind your partner or
spouse that you are still
happy with the choice you've
made.
We swap notes with our married friends on how to
make our
spouses happy.
In
happy marriages,
spouses make fewer repair attempts, but that is because the ones they do
make are received.
Doing small things often to
make your
spouse feel special and loved is very predictive of staying together, preventing divorce, and being
happy, according to the Early Years Marriage Project.
Whereas some therapists, especially in decades past, focus on a couples» hurts and the deeply rooted causes and effects of negative behaviors, Weiner - Davis advocates a couple change strategies entirely to focus on a time when they were
happier and on behaviors that they know in the past
made their
spouse happier.
Spouses in
happy couples commit to
making these changes in order to protect the other and to build trust.
Do something towards your
spouse that
makes her
happy rather than telling her that you love her alone.
If your
spouse has a particular passion or hobby, staying current with what
makes your
spouse happy can be a great way to remain connected, as a couple.
It is not your
spouse's responsibility to
make you
happy.
Even if your
spouse did change, he or she wouldn't feel very
happy about the relationship until you
made some changes yourself.
Telling your
spouse that they look great will not only deepen your love and
make your
spouse happy, but it will also do a world of good to their self - esteem.
When couples
make all decisions, large and small, in a way that takes into account the concerns of both
spouses, everyone stays
happier.
This form of counseling is helpful when
spouse A sincerely wants to
make the changes that are necessary to
make their marriage
happier, but
spouse B has one foot out the door and is already (whether consciously or unconsciously) planning post-divorce life.
Make a commitment to nurturing your marriage, and to raising
happy, well - adjusted kids, and don't be afraid to ask for help — from your
spouse, family, friends, or a professional counselor if necessary.
What if you decided that the purpose of marriage wasn't about
making you or your
spouse happy but was about your faith?
and one last one that was big really for me... after god, each individual parent has to be the priority for that specific parent, then the
spouse is the priority, then the children (people can only
make themselves
happy, then they can focus on nurturing their marriage as much as they nurturing the kids).
things that
make me
happy - a grandson's hug, time with my family far away, walks with my
spouse, bible study group, prayer, laughter....
Our girls both chose different paths based on their
spouses and children, and it
makes me so
happy they are true to their own beliefs.