Here are five important mistakes you want to avoid or overcome if you want to have a great marriage. Each of these five mistakes can be a contributing factor that could cause your marriage to fail:
Infidelity
Infidelity is the number-one way to destroy a marriage. If you have been unfaithful to your husband or wife, your spouse is not even obligated to take you back. Fortunately, however, many times the wronged spouse will not want to end the marriage.
Taking your partner for granted
How can you damage marriage? While this does not seem as great a problem as infidelity, taking your partner for granted can cause your partner to look somewhere else for someone who will appreciate him or her.
Wrong Kinds of Communication
Having the wrong types of communication can damage your marriage. Indeed, this problem can cause your marriage to fail. You may wonder, “Can I save marriage?” You wonder if you can save your marriage or a friend’s marriage. That is a very important question. What kind of communication do you or your friend have with your spouses? If you have the type of communication that puts down your husband or wife, you are putting words in a bank. Over a long period of time, damaging words may build up to the point to where your partner is not interested in continuing the marriage.
Withholding Important Information
Just as having the wrong type of communication can make your marriage fail, so can withholding important information. When your spouse discovers what you have been holding back, she may feel betrayed. He may feel disrespected.
Electronic Time Thievery
While technology has been good in many areas, things such as texting, chat rooms, electronic games or use of cell phones sometimes takes away much time the couple could be spending together.
Why does marriage fail? These six things if not held in balance or a proper perspective can cause any marriage to approach failure.
What can you do about it when you realize that you have made some of these mistakes? Make a commitment to correct what you can. Look for “save marriage” books. Apply what you learn.
The six things we have mentioned in this article can be a lesson in “how to destroy a marriage”; however, there are resources that deal with the topic of “how to save marriage.” Get some of those “save marriage books,” and devour the information. But don’t just read them. Apply the principles that are taught in the books.
(Copyright 2010 by Randy Carney. Permission is granted to reprint this article as long as it is reprinted in full and includes the information in the resource box. Credit must be given to the author and all links must be left intact.)
Where can you find some of those “save marriage books”? Look for six keys to marital bliss at http://www.drrandycarney.webs.com. There you can get Dr. Carney’s ebook, The LOVING Way to a Successful Marriage: Six Keys to Marital Bliss as well as other helpful resources.
