Apparently, most of us aren’t prepared for the growth and stretching marriage entails. Lack of compassion for our spouses is a big part of the problem.
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Your Hardest Family Question: Is it unhealthy to talk to others about my marriage?
My husband has asked me to stop talking about our marriage and other family issues with my girlfriends. What is your opinion about this? I think it's important for me to be able to talk about things with my friends. I don't make my husband look bad, so I'm not sure why he's so worried about this.
Let There Be Peace on Earth and Patience For All Mankind
Sometimes Christmas day brings unexpected challenges and tears. However, those Christmas days have their own kind of magic too as they teach patience in a different way.
Your Hardest Family Question: My husband is financially irresponsible
When we got married, I liked to shop and spend money but I have changed and now I am frugal. I try to be understanding and I don’t get mad at him anymore to his face, but it’s difficult at times to control my negative thoughts towards him.
Embracing Differences in Your Marriage
The beginning of a relationship can be a time of discovering all of the ways in which you are drawn to your partner because of your similarities. The truth, however, is that there will be as many areas you differ in as you are the same. Sorting through these differences and honoring them, while staying unified as a couple, can increase the richness of the relationship while deepening your own identity.
Your Hardest Family Question: My Husband Revealed a 20 year-old Secret
My husband had an affair with a co-worker, and he got caught by her calling our house and leaving her makeup on the back seat of our car. He’s telling me he only kissed her. We’ve been married 42 years and this happened 20 years ago. But one night this year he broke down and told me the truth that he did actually have sexual relations with her.
Why Every Marriage Comes with Unsolvable Problems—and How to Thrive Anyway
To understand the solution to our annoying differences, we must understand God’s purposes in marriage and mortality.