Marital Relationships and Their Effect

For a 13 year old, life couldn’t have been more horrendous then that of my years in middle school. The work was taxing but more than that my personal life suffered from exhaustion, failing grades, depression, and dangling family values. My mom and dad had been disagreeing about priorities lately and the whole household appeared to be ripping at the once imperishable seams. Something was wrong, and this something was a part of my everyday life. Not until many improving years later was I able to reflect and realize it was particularly the influence of my parents and the unsettled feelings between them that made my 13 year old life heinous. Despite such unfortunate years I came to a great understanding of the common thread that many households today share: as parents find weaknesses overcoming the strength of their marriage, closely associated family and friends may also experience weakness in personal strength or stability.

Though overlooked as an inconvenience in society today, marriage between two individuals proves to have such a profound influence on everyone involved or associated. Marriages help aid one’s self sufficiency, ability to support others and bringing out better qualities in each other; even the world’s economy and well-being benefits from the marriages of couples. Sadly, the decrease in marriages over the past century restricts many from opportunities to grow and have influences on one another. As human beings interacting with other human beings, we possess a divine responsibility to participate in the influential experience of a marital relationship. Some object to this necessity arguing that some marriages end badly and only have negative influence on those involved, that it may be better to never marr...

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...he positive impacts and necessity of marital relationships, for such relationships prove to be vital even in today’s society. After all, a 13 year olds stability may be at stake.

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