How to Make Your Marriage Last

Every marriage needs help now and then, both during the good times and when things become difficult. Here are issues that impact marriages and skills to help you deal with those issues and problems in healthy ways. Remember that most problems have solutions. Don't ignore the problems and issues in your marriage. If your marriage is in trouble, get started and make the necessary changes together that will help your marriage be a successful, long lasting union.

 Married Life
Being married is a wonderful journey. Marriage, both the institution and the marriages around us, have an impact on all of us and ultimately on the strength of the family and society. People have strong feelings -- both negative and positive about marriage. As we all journey together as married couples, know you are not alone.
 
 Create a Long Lasting Marriage
What helps keep your marriage successful and long-lasting? Long lasting marriages have characteristics and qualities that enable the couples to weather through both the good times and the bad times as they journey together on the highway of life. It helps to have a flexible attitude towards your marriage, a willingness to create a balance in the time you spend together and apart, and an openness to change.
 For your marriage to last many years, it is important that you show your love for one another on a regular basis.
That means daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly, taking a few minutes, even seconds, to put your spouse first on your priority list.
 Kiss your spouse in the morning, before leaving the house, when you go to bed, and several other times during the day and evening.create the intimacy.
Say I Love You. Always say this always.It is not just showing it,learn to say it because it goes a long way.
Be romantic.
Send text messages to your spouse always.It is a must if you want your marriage to last

Written by Sheri Stritof