Prizes and Giveaways
7 Bad Marriage Habits You Need to Break Today! by Tasha Cunningham
Think a lasting marriage is impossible? Think again! Marriage is what you make it and you can avoid many common marriage hiccups by eliminating the bad habits from your union!
1. Newlyweds and nagging don't mix. Stop nagging your partner to change, fix the sink or take out the trash. The more you do it, the more your partner will build up discontentment with your marriage. Choose your battles. Whether or not your partner fixes the sink should not be the catalyst for starting WWIII in your household. Instead, open the phone book and call a plumber. We ladies would love to think that are men can do anything, fix anything and be anything we want. Sadly, they're just men and thus, aren't perfect or very handy around the house for that matter.
2. There are no winners in the Blame Game. When you assign blame for something to your partner, you're not helping matters. You may temporarily feel better because you've cast the blame away from you and on to your partner, but your partner will feel belittled and will soon grow resentful. We're not all perfect and most of the time when a man makes a mistake, he knows it.
3. We're not in third grade anymore, so stop being a bully. When you bully your partner or are rude and call your partner names, the damaging effect this has on your marriage will be irreparable after a while. No one likes a bully, so stop this behavior as soon as it begins to rear it's ugly head.
4. Stonewalling sucks. Don't be the *** who stops a productive conversation by stalling. Don't just sit there in silence while your partner pours their heart out. You'll come off as disinterested, not tough and your partner will feel like they don't count in your eyes at all.
5. Good decisions are best made together. Sure, we all love our independence, but when you're in a marriage, you're in a partnership and the big decisions you make should be made jointly. You can't make unilateral decisions in a partnership!
6. Silence your inner critic. Sure, we're all tempted from time to time to criticize our partners, but don't do it. Criticizing your partner only demeans and makes a dent in their self-esteem. Instead, simply suggest, don't criticize. Suggest kindly to your partner another way of doing things that might be more efficient, etc. That way, you're not seen as being a critical know-it-all.
7. Focus on your marriage. And eliminate the distractions. It's easy to use work, school, kids and whatever else you'd like to throw in there as an excuse not to focus on your marriage.
Think a lasting marriage is impossible? Think again! Marriage is what you make it and you can avoid many common marriage hiccups by eliminating the bad habits from your union!
1. Newlyweds and nagging don't mix. Stop nagging your partner to change, fix the sink or take out the trash. The more you do it, the more your partner will build up discontentment with your marriage. Choose your battles. Whether or not your partner fixes the sink should not be the catalyst for starting WWIII in your household. Instead, open the phone book and call a plumber. We ladies would love to think that are men can do anything, fix anything and be anything we want. Sadly, they're just men and thus, aren't perfect or very handy around the house for that matter.
2. There are no winners in the Blame Game. When you assign blame for something to your partner, you're not helping matters. You may temporarily feel better because you've cast the blame away from you and on to your partner, but your partner will feel belittled and will soon grow resentful. We're not all perfect and most of the time when a man makes a mistake, he knows it.
3. We're not in third grade anymore, so stop being a bully. When you bully your partner or are rude and call your partner names, the damaging effect this has on your marriage will be irreparable after a while. No one likes a bully, so stop this behavior as soon as it begins to rear it's ugly head.
4. Stonewalling sucks. Don't be the *** who stops a productive conversation by stalling. Don't just sit there in silence while your partner pours their heart out. You'll come off as disinterested, not tough and your partner will feel like they don't count in your eyes at all.
5. Good decisions are best made together. Sure, we all love our independence, but when you're in a marriage, you're in a partnership and the big decisions you make should be made jointly. You can't make unilateral decisions in a partnership!
6. Silence your inner critic. Sure, we're all tempted from time to time to criticize our partners, but don't do it. Criticizing your partner only demeans and makes a dent in their self-esteem. Instead, simply suggest, don't criticize. Suggest kindly to your partner another way of doing things that might be more efficient, etc. That way, you're not seen as being a critical know-it-all.
7. Focus on your marriage. And eliminate the distractions. It's easy to use work, school, kids and whatever else you'd like to throw in there as an excuse not to focus on your marriage.