In today's world there are never any guarantees especially with marriage. However if both people are mature, caring, open minded and believe in equality, there is a much greater chance of success. The key is to deal with issues that arise immediately, to never hold grudges, and to remain respectful of your partner at all time. At the same time your partner must do the same and always maintain mutuality. Hope this helps. God bless.
2006-12-17 03:18:01
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answered by Deirdre O 7
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Pretty,
Your first mistake is calling yourself pretty are you hung up on yourself? Marriage is hard work and if you don't want to work at it then it will never be successful. Hard work perseverance and struggle will guide you through a very rewarding life with your spouse. A word of advise, don't expect anything give yourself always and you will find a happiness bar none. You really should have asked this question before you got married. Marriage is a sacred institution and you must believe that or you will fall short in your marriage. I ask you, do you kiss, hold hands when out, hug and have good sex? Take care of your man and he'll take care of you! Good luck!
2006-12-17 03:41:02
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answered by beamer 5
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Nothing is ever guaranteed. But if you are both honest, trust each other, have open communication, respectful to one another and compromise you will have the best chance that your marriage will be successful. Oh, don't ever let the word "divorce" be brought up. It just makes each person feel like you don't want to work on the marriage. Marriage, even the best marriages takes work.
2006-12-17 03:51:32
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answered by Andrea D. 3
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The most important factor in a successful marriage is that you and your intended agree on the definition of a successful marriage.
There are no guarantees in this world, but the odds are vastly improved if you are both
A: Clear on what a successful marriage looks like for you
B: Able to effectively communicate that information to your partner
C: Willing to work together to achieve your individual and combined goals for and in the marriage.
Best of luck!
2006-12-17 03:24:34
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answered by crazymamaca 1
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The best indicator, actual studies done on this, is to notice how you treat each other when you are mad or stressed. The biggest indicator of divorce is if one or both or you name call or put down during an arguement. If you are patient and kind during stressful times you will have a long relationship. This means both of you not just one biting their tongue all/ every time.
The other factor is to be up to something bigger than both of you. For example, be committed to ending world hunger, or raising a good family and being honest and faithful to that, creating a business or charity together etc.
Lastly, write 2 lists. On one write all the qualities that you want a spouse to have. On the other write qualities your actual partner has. You might want a husband that brings flowers every Friday etc. Your boyfriend may be funny, impatient etc. Now people get into trouble when they marry and expect the real life person to have all the qualities of the husband list, but they have never observed or asked the real life person to do those things or think about doing those things. They just automatically expect a wedding ceremony to change the real life person into the "husband" list. It does not happen that way. Before marrying, notice if your boyfriend has any husband list qualities, If not, then ask him if he would mind doing any of the things on your list, because you kind of expect those things from a husband. talk about it. This way you will not be mad that he is not reading your mind and knowing your secret list. He should do the same for you. Sometimes the real life person list and the spouse list are very similar and that is when people have an easier time being married. You have to talk about things together, mostly about what you expect from experiences like vacations, jobs, household jobs, raising kids etc. It takes a lifetime of talking because new situations come up everyday and you have to talk about them and your expectations
2006-12-17 03:33:30
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answered by Anonymous
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no one is guaranteed a successful marriage. love helps, but you have to be in it for the long haul. good and bad, both partners have to be willing to stick together. forget the 50/50 stuff, always give 100% and then some if needed. if both of you are willing to do that then it should be a successful marriage. just remember it takes work sometimes but its worth it.
2006-12-17 03:23:17
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answered by Anonymous
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You can never be sure of this, however some things may tell you more or less how its going to work. First of all, remeber that everything depends on how your characters work with each other. Its very important..if eg. you quarrel a lot the same will be in a marriage but even more..second thing you need to trust each other fully, and last thing is love..but really strong one!and it should work out!
2006-12-17 03:20:10
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answered by oliwia1000 2
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Interesting use of the word successful. Good marriages are based on making good choices. Strip away the basic feelings and evaluate the potential spouses character, outlook on life, the life-style he is willing to change, and why you want to marry him/her. Is marriage a good thing for him? Is he in love with you or in love with the idea of loving you?
When I got married, I did not ask any of these questions and I paid big time for it.
2006-12-17 03:47:24
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answered by Monsieur Rick 7
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You can be sure that a marriage will be successful by the ammount of work that each partner is willing to do to make it successful.
2006-12-17 03:17:33
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answered by that_one_day 1
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Success, this goes for both in the marriage,GOD, love, honor, trust and obey. This is very simple and can work for anyone. Good luck.
2006-12-17 03:18:52
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answered by Anonymous
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