Monday, January 24, 2011

2 Essential Tips In Saving A Marriage

When your marriage is on the verge of divorce, most of other areas of your life are also strained and it put a lot of pressure and stress on you. One thing for sure is it did not happen in a day. This is not to say that you cannot make a U-turn to save your marriage. And it would take a high level of commitment and letting go on your part to make it work.

Now because of what might occur as repeated negative patterns, people look into their past when arguing about something in the present. What we normally do is bring up some past mistakes to win over an argument that could only be just remotely related to what is happening in the current situation. This would off-course lead to further resentment and grudge carrying. Moreover, this could turn out into a vicious circle, and once this happens a couple is walking on a treacherous path onto the precipice of divorce.

These two points of views come from lack or scarcity in the first place and would put your partner in an uncomfortable position of trying to or having to fulfill something they did not commit to or they did not know they had to. A more empowering place to enter a marriage is from the place of being someone to give or contribute something to the marriage. That way you already offset yourself from expecting anything. You are also making it easier for your partner to be in the marriage.

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