Is marriage as hard as they make it out to be? According to the article from MSNBC.COM, a marriage can be made better thru 6 easy steps. Can following these steps make a difference in your marriage? Research says yes, and they are giving you ways to improve your marriage.
My first thoughts on reading this article was ya right, improve my marriage in just five minutes, whats the catch? However as I continued reading it made a lot of sense, after all marriage is hard work. So five minutes of my time would be worth making my partner feel like I have a stake in the marriage.
The steps given in the article are not hard to follow, mostly they are just common courtesy, but in a long term relationship these things are forgotten. We need to remember that our partners need to feel that we still need them as much as they need us. Communication is also one of the most important cornerstones of any good relationship, without it we get too comfortable and expect them to "read our minds", causing more frustrations than are necessary.
Our spouses, they know us better than anybody else, they know the good, bad, and the ugly. Everybody wants a healthy marriage so why not take the steps to improve it when the steps to a better marriage are so easily available to you. Taking five minute of your day to make an effort to improve your marriage doesn't seem like such a sacrifice after you realize how much time you might save in fighting.
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