They adapt quickly to new environments and do everything to
make a marriage work since Russian culture dictates that a woman can only be truly happy when she is married.
Not exact matches
It could also have a positive effect on womens» employment and careers by
making it easier to balance
work with home and childcare obligations —
since men in heterosexual
marriages still often aren't doing their share on that front.
And the promotion of «traditional»
marriage will continue to
make people unhappy, first because there is no such thing as «traditional»
marriage —
marriage has been changing
since humans created the concept — and second because the model doesn't
work for about half of us, probably more as many people stay married in name only just to get health benefits, etc..
Since starting his career, he has focused his clinical and research interests on understanding what
makes marriage work and how to help couples create strong and satisfying relationships.
«Because I love him / her» isn't an adequate answer,
since love is not enough to
make your
marriage work.
* The antidote to Criticism first appeared in «The Seven Principles for
Making Marriage Work» (Gottman 1988) and has
since been revised from «Complain without Blame» to «Teach Gentle Start Up».
It could seem like
since you came into session without a defined problem that counseling is
making things worse, but really, you are opening up the opportunity to
work through your emotional response to moments that may otherwise cause conflict to grow in your
marriage.