Comments on: Five keys to a better marriage

By: spaceagesage

spaceagesage — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:12:24 +0000

Melie — You got it! Communication is key, as long as it doesn’t involve too much venting — the kind that usually pulls the relationship down — unless that kind of communication is mutually agreed upon as a safety valve to “let it all go” for that a particular moment. Then it can be healing.
Yes, to many more years of crazy-in-love-sharing of life with our best friends, a.k.a. husbands!

By: Melie

Melie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:55:06 +0000

After 10 years of marriage, I can agree with so much of what you wrote. Although Colt and I are far from perfect, we have made it through some very rough and rocky times just realizing that communication is so important. When I go to weddings and they pass around the little advice jar, my advice is the same. ‘Communicate. No matter how stupid, silly or selfish it may sound, tell your spouse what you think, feel and want. There is no substitute for true communication.’
I hope at least one of those couples uses that advice. Marriage is a hard thing nowadays. Divorce can be such an easy way out of a (hopefully) well thought, well planned decision.
To many more years of being married to our best friends.

By: Five keys to a better marriage

Five keys to a better marriage — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:48:00 +0000

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