How to Maintain a Successful Marriage

WhWhy Living Together Leads to a Marriage That Lasts Forever? In today’s society, a majority of young couples are taking the opposite route when it comes to preparing for marriage. Instead of waiting till their newlyweds to move in together, many couples have decided to move in together. They believe that by living together, the divorce rate is decreased significantly. This idea of living together before marriage baffles a lot of people who are pro and against the idea.

This may reduce the chance of people’s later realization that they didn’t really know themselves when they got married, as well as the feeling that they have grown apart from each other. Marriage should be a mature and responsible decision; it should be a long-lasting commitment. People seem to take this commitment all too lightly in today's generation and it leads to high rates in early marriages. I strongly claim that early marriage is a violation of children's basic rights and to making decisions about their own lives. With the standards established up to date, marriage comes with manifold responsibilities; most of them teens are not prepared to handle.

This is how most Americans dream they will find their soulmate and can only view this type of meeting as the only means of living “happily ever after” with their lover. Cliches such as this, are one of the main reasons why people refuse to believe the fact that arranged marriages do indeed produce successful marriages that last for decades. Utpal Dholakia writes in his article called “ Why Are So Many Indian Arranged Marriages Successful?”, about how more and more people are starting realize that this type of marriage actually works. Utpal says that “High levels of satisfaction are reported by those in arranged marriages over the longer term”(“Why Are”). That’s what special about having an arranged marriage, the love might not be there from the moment you start a life together with the other person, but as time goes on you learn so much and grow to love your spouse.

The choosing of a marriage partner today seems to be a crucial aspect of life decisions that makes all other choices in one’s life seem to be more or less trivial when comparing accordingly. When you come to a decision as to who you want to marry, share the rest of your life with and become one with, you are changing every aspect of your once single and independent life. For the reason that life changes so significantly when a marriage partner has been chosen, there are countless factors that have an effect on the choices that individuals make. Firstly, Botwin et al. (1997) insist that “personality plays a critical role in mate selection and marital happiness” (p.128) but many other attributes such as the many dating processes, the many problems that often occur in relationships, and individual preferences all highly motivate, aspire and aim to encourage people in today’s society toward finding their preferred marriage partner.

Getting married is the most important event in our life. From time to time, they always say, “Single life is a sweet dream and marriage is an alarm clock.” This proverb could make young people afraid when deciding whether or not they marry. However, there are differences that indicate pros and cons of both single life and married life. In general, single life can bring us freedom to experience life all by ourselves; at the same time, it also brings loneliness and detachment. In contrast, married life can fulfill us with love, care, and a sense of belonging; however, it also requires us a great deal of shared responsibilities.

One way for preparing for marriage is learning to communicate with your future partner. This is one of the most important things you can do while preparing for marriage and when you are married as if you can talk to each other comfortably you are able to solve all your problems together. For example, one small irritating habit that someone has like obsessive cleaning can even drive a marriage apart if the couple can not talk to each other about it and say what is annoying them or what’s wrong. This is why some experts say that it is the most important thing in marriage, as I you cannot communicate, nothing else will work. Another way for preparing for marriage is to sort out the mutual expectations between yourselves.

Marriage is portrait, as a female will meet the most wonderful loving male that is their prince charming is to get married and live happily ever after. We are brainwashed by movies and television shows on how a marriage is suppose to be. A marriage is not easy. Marriage takes a lot of hard work and patience for a marriage to last for a lifetime. The saying “its not who about who you found, but learning to love the one that found you.” Humans must struggle to see how strong of an individual we are to... ... middle of paper ... ... lives thinking its okay to be alone.

Marriage is one of the most important things in people’s life. When they are tired of being alone, handling and dealing with their own troubles, they get married. When they no longer have fun with those overnight parties with hangovers, no longer enjoy the loud music turning up, they get married. Or maybe they just simply fall in love with the one who give them strength and happiness, they want to get married. Then, what is the reason to get married ?

Kelsey Pharis, from the Huffington Post suggested the reason why millennials are not marrying is because they have grown up around a high divorce rate (Phariss). Choosing the right person you are going to spend the rest of your life with is a process that’s needs to be carefully made before starting a family, and millennials recognize that. Many people feel that millennials are scared of commitment, however that is not the case, instead of marrying too fast as a solution to ease finances, millennials find that having a stable income should be a prerequisite for marriage, so yes to an older person it may look like millennials are afraid to commit because they are getting married later but actually millennials are deciding to commit more wisely, and for that it takes time.To further prove the point, there is no proof that marrying later is a bad thing, according to Justin Wolfers, a economist from the University of Michigan says, “the millennial marriages that do occur have lower instances of divorce … nearly two-thirds of marriages will never involve a

When they should just be supporting the couple in making their own decision on what they think will be best for their situation. A lot of people now days consider “divorce”, as a ... ... middle of paper ... ...d be up to people if they want to stay in a marriage or not. A complicated divorce will make it harder for people to make the right decision and be happy, it will also make the process harder for their children. These days, people seems based everything in the “norms”. That people who have kids and families should get married.