When You Make A Decision To Marry

There are time when even the best communication, empathy and understanding won’t forestall conflicts of personalized or “set ways”. How these situations affect relationships will depend in how the individual will choose to handle them. Succeeding in doing this has more to do with understanding the source and nature of the conflict than it may have to do with understanding each other.

When you make a decision to marry, this means you make a choice to extend and except your spouse’s family as your own. One must keep in mind that with marriage brings years of learned behaviors, habits, and traditions that may be quite different. Families must recognize that all share the responsibilities for adjustment, understanding, and acceptance. As a couple it is important to protect the boundaries of your won family. Compromise and communicate effectively with your spouse, always put your marriage first and stand together.

Illness, unemployment, infertility, and stresses of everyday life create challenges from time to time with in families. When these “unasked for” challenges arise individuals respond with emotions of frustration, anger, and resignation of fear. Perspective determines how we view the world, we can’t control what will happen from day to day.