| Imagine that a few weeks from now, you and your | | | | this amazing? |
| husband will be coming home from work, enter the | | | | - Of course this example is not valid to most |
| house smiling at you, and say "hey, I have missed | | | | relationships, but it can show you the power of |
| you today", while kissing you on the chick. | | | | saying what you want, and what you are ready to |
| Imagine for a moment that your love life can be as | | | | give or take. |
| good as they were when you and your husband | | | | Talk about your emotions |
| have just got marriage. How good it would feel. | | | | - Instead of telling him that he makes you angry, just |
| Do you find yourself sometimes thinking about how | | | | tell him that what he is doing make your fell this way |
| the daily routine decreased the romance, patience, | | | | or the other. |
| and joy in your marriage? | | | | - This is not just semantics, this is the difference |
| If so you are not alone. High divorce rates are the | | | | between blaming the person, rather then stating that |
| evidence that many couples find themselves tired | | | | you are sensitive to some things or have |
| from day to day life. Some loose it after many yours | | | | preferences. |
| of marriage, and some just loose it right at the | | | | Talk about these topics: |
| beginning. | | | | - Common goals |
| On the other hand, there are couples that their | | | | - Common values |
| marriage is like wine. It is just keep on getting better | | | | - Roles taking and responsibility areas |
| through the years. | | | | - Make decision making strategies |
| What makes the difference? What are the secrets | | | | - You will be surprised to find that talking about |
| that loving long time couples know? How can they | | | | these topics can bring you both closer even better |
| preserve and even increase the love, acceptance, | | | | then before, make things happen at the house and |
| patience and romance through the years? | | | | even spark your love life. |
| Most of us tend to find good excuses for our | | | | Say a good word and give compliments from time to |
| marriage bad condition, but we kind of forget our | | | | time |
| own responsibility for making this relationship a good | | | | - Well, this advice do not really need many |
| relationship! | | | | explanations all of us like a compliment and find good |
| Some examples for what you can do? | | | | will toward our partner when getting one. |
| Ask for things. | | | | These strategies might sound simple and but these |
| - Don't expect your partner to just do things for you. | | | | simple strategies do work. |
| To "read" your mind or to guess what is it that you | | | | It might be a little strange for you to be using them, |
| want. Just say it. | | | | and there for my suggestion is - take it easy, and |
| - A friend of mind who's mother volunteer in a home | | | | slow, one step at the time. Don't force you self too |
| of abused woman has told me an amazing story | | | | much. Just do a little thing every time. |
| about a woman that the husband used to beat her | | | | Within a very short while you will feel comfortable to |
| up for almost 40 years. One day she had told him to | | | | do another step forward, and you will definitely feel |
| stop because she is just not ready to take it | | | | the change in your marriage and in your happiness. |
| anymore. He has stopped right at the moment! Isn't | | | | |