Does marriage work in 2007?

Question

If your married, does it really work in 2007 with modern jobs, problems, kids, money, temptations?

Answer 1

yes. If you put your marriage as the most important thing in your life. if your job is in-the-way of your marriage, get a different job. If your friends are harmful to your marriage, get different friends. If your fun (motorcycle, fishing, ,) is interfering with your marriage, drop it. Re-orient yourself toward housework, cooking, cleaning, (yes, men can mop the floor) helping out with the laundry, washing dishes, loving your babies, talking with your children, taking them places. Give up the picture of yourself as an executive, a mover-and-shaker, give up the picture of yourself as having adventures, and draw a picture of yourself as a man who is growing a child. AND say NO to the very many people who will try to distract you. There are so many things that you can do with your life, so many causes that you can join. Either do the cause that you believe in and don't get married. Or do get married and don't permit any cause to take your time away from your wife and children.

Answer 2

I've been married for 4 1/2 years now, but I've known my husband for over 15 years and we've been together for over 10. So, to answer your question if you know the person you marry for more then a couple years and take your time getting to know your future spose then you have a better then average chance of staying together. Next, I recommend being over 25 before getting married let alone having kids. Now, my husband and I, ahead of getting married, both didn't want children so I know that is a huge stress out of our picture, but if both spouses work together at anything that comes along and take their marriage vows seriously, then you should be able to work through almost anything. The question of temptations is as old as time. Both sides need to through out the jealousy act and understand that there are beautiful people out there worth looking at, not touching, looking at. So, in the long run yes it can work, if you work at it.

Answer 3

love is the most important ingredient in marriage. if you don't have that, you have nothing. however, there are many different forms. there are the people that are together because of arranged marriages, and they love each other much differently than someone who chose to get married, yet they will fight for each other to the death. but you also need understanding, support for what you do outside of each other, and time to do it. you can't be together all the time. you lose your identity. then you stop trying to work out all the problems you have with the kids and money and jobs. you give up. people have had these problems in marriages since they have been around. yet somehow, many marriages survive despite all odds.

Answer 4

YES i can honestly say it does work in 2007. Marriage is the same as it has always been it is the people who choose to change what it is supposed to be. No ones fault but our own. My husband and I have a great marriage so we are living testimony that marriage does work even today!

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Answer 5

Marriage works and takes work! I have been married for 7 and a half years now and we are closer now than we were in the first year. We have two children, I work and she stays home with the kids. We have little arguments, but we always work them out. You get out of marriage what you put into it.

Answer 6

i have been married for ten years now. learned a lot of things on how to handle some situations because we are not always perfect beings in what we do. of course we have our own weakness but it takes self to really be victories over our own situations. we cannot always blame our spouse for faults and i believe that is one reason why marriage today doesnt work-that we dont take responsibility to admit that we are the problem. so it takes two ppl to work hard in marriage and seek to help each other out. thats what marriage is about--being the other person's best friend.

Answer 7

Marriage will work in 2007 as well as any other year. It all depends on the couple involved.

Answer 8

Yes! I'm married 23 yrs. and very happy! We have 4 kids and also take care of handicapped people in our home for 20 yrs. If you want a happy marriage, study good marriages and put what you learn into action. It is the most rewarding, exciting ride you'll ever have. Good luck!

Answer 9

It depends on the couple & if they were meant for each other, I have a family of 6 & been with my husband well over 13 years & we have ups & downs but we always stick by each other & that is what matters & make sure u don't have people all up in ya business. Single bitter freinds are the worst if u want your relationship to last. been ther done that too

Answer 10

It works as well in 2007 as it did in 1907.

The keys to having a happy, long-term relationship are:

- sufficient sense of compromise; essential for working out problems calmly.

- sufficient sense of sympathy and forgiveness, so that you can recover from mistakes and move forward with your lives.

- sufficient sense of teamwork; people are too self-centered. Too much "me" and not enough "we." Too much of this "my friends vs your friends," and "my money & your money."

Marriages don't really face any uniquely new challenges or problems than in the past.