Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Save Marriage Tips

If there is trouble in your marriage, here are some helpful save marriage tips…

Identify problems.

If your spouse cheated on you, realize that the solution to saving your marriage will be different than if there were just communication differences. This may seem obvious, but many couples just say to themselves that the ‘marriage is bad’ or their marriage is ‘on the rocks.’ General thoughts and statements like these will get couples nowhere if they cannot even admit where the problems are.

Finances do matter.

If you have been married for at least 6 months, you now know by that ‘love’ doesn’t pay the bills. For those new to marriage, getting and staying on the right track with financial matters is a key to keeping your marriage together in the long run. For those who have been married much longer with kids, a lot of the stress put on your marriage is due to finances getting out of control. It can just creep up over time until the arguments get out of control.


Finances affect everyone on this planet, but did you know it’s the #2 cause in problems with marriage? If you want to save a marriage before financial disaster—get help from a financial advisor! A lot of times, this is where the marriage started having problems to begin with and many couples are just too stubborn to admit this. Help with financial guidance will improve your marriage. 

Remember that you will both have to work together and form new and healthy financial habits. Most people with financial debt spend money they don’t have, so start cutting the credit cards up TOGETHER.

Divorce isn’t always the answer.

Sometimes we may feel that the problems in marriage are too insurmountable to overcome until we are overwhelmed. Our mind may drift and think we want out of the marriage, but then what? If you have the ways and means to leave, that is entirely your decision, but is it?

The point being is that many marriages can be saved. There is a wide variety of help for marriage available today—from counseling for marriage to save marriage books. 2 million couples choose divorce every year, so it is evident that people still want to ‘save marriage alone.’ Carefully consider the marriage alternatives out there for yourself, especially when considering a final decision such as divorce.