The Christianville Spirit: Saving Your Marriage

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
September 10, 2008- TCS # 116

Marriage; It’s a wonderful thing, filled with love, compassion, trust, and commitment. But, here’s a sad fact about Marriages. Most of them these days end in divorce. So, why are they ending that much and why do we have such a high divorce rate. Well, there could be many reasons why depending on your situation. But, The 2 biggest reasons are that they get married to young or too early in a relationship and a lack of respect and communication. The most important reason though is the 2nd reason, a lack of respect and communication. So, how can you have a lack of communication when the world is filled with it? There are many forms of communication; there is emailing, text messaging, instant messaging, and of course talking. But, it’s just the communication side of communication. For men in particular, they often have a hard time expressing feelings. Most women will ask in a frustrated tone “Why don’t you express feelings to me?!?!?” and, the reason for that is that Men believe that they would be weak if they expressed how they felt. Mainly though, it’s due a tough stereotype that says that Men are strong and they don’t show emotion or cry. But, the truth is that everyone has the same feelings. But, some people just don’t know how to express those feelings. So, the best advice to save your marriage is to ALWAYS respect people and of course, communicate even if it means texting your significant other how you feel and then, meet and talk about it in person. All in all, Respect and Communication are key to any relationship.
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