Sentences with phrase «longer make their marriage work»

When spouses say they can no longer make their marriage work, it may mean that they can no longer get along, or that one or both of them no longer wants to be married, or, as the song says, «it's just no good anymore.»

Under no - fault, spouses have grounds for divorce when they agree that they can no longer make their marriage work, yet neither spouse is at fault for this breakdown.

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Here are their strategies for making their long - running marriage work.

«After a long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband,» she said in a statement.

Most of us go into marriage, or cohabitation, without much of a strategy other than an «I love you and I want to make it work» so it is not long before the issue of money rears its ugly head.

Because if the longest running marriage on television can make it work, maybe we can too.

The actors announced their break - up on social media on Sunday night, writing that they tried to make their marriage work for a long time and are disappointed they could not succeed.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband.

«We've known for a long time that it's pretty hard to make any marriage work if a person is unhappy with the job they have.

Director Yasemin Samdereli worked through doubts about her own marriage by making a documentary about long - term relationships and what makes them last.

She's delightful throughout, of course, trying to balance her own frustration with her life with her aging face and the long marriage they've tried to make work.

In one last attempt to make it work, she feverishly interviewed women in flourishing, long - term marriages.

By the time our 13th anniversary rolled around, I had a long list of things my husband needed to change to make the marriage work.

Making a marriage work takes effort, no matter how long you have been married.

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is the culmination of Dr. Gottman's lifelong work: an overview of the concepts, behaviors and skills that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long - lasting relationsWork is the culmination of Dr. Gottman's lifelong work: an overview of the concepts, behaviors and skills that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long - lasting relationswork: an overview of the concepts, behaviors and skills that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long - lasting relationship.

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We'll explore the central issues couples face today in trying to make a committed, long - term relationship or marriage work.

Lesli Doares has had a life - long curiosity about what makes marriage work.

Relationship expert Dr. John Gottman wrote in The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, «a peaceful divorce is better than a warlike marriage», and it's true that harmonious parting is especially important for couples with children, who will co-parent together long after their union has been diMarriage Work, «a peaceful divorce is better than a warlike marriage», and it's true that harmonious parting is especially important for couples with children, who will co-parent together long after their union has been dimarriage», and it's true that harmonious parting is especially important for couples with children, who will co-parent together long after their union has been dissolved.

The question on marriage was, «How can I make my marriage work when my wife and I no longer believe the same things about the LDS Church?»

He was desperate to make the marriage work and pleaded with her to hang in there just a little longer, but she insisted on leaving and they agreed to be friends.

You have the power to make your marriage work better than it has in a long time.

Just that small act of sharing a piece of your life makes me want to work even harder to guarantee a marriage that lasts that long, with that much love.