Keys to a life long relationship...?

Question

If you could sum up in a few paragraphs how you and your spouse survived a life long marriage together, what do you think you would write?

If you've been in a successful marriage, what tips would you pass along to the rest of us at the other side that are just starting out?

Answer 1

Well I have been married three times. I have learned many thing. I've made alot of mistakes and felt the hurt of when they were made toward me. The man Im married to now is all I ever dreamed of and wanted. But I had to have the bad experiences to really enjoy and be gateful for the good. My advice for a long lasting relationship is. As a couple you really arent two people you are one. You do all you can to help each other and make things better for each other evey single day. You show them not just tell them how much they are loved and cared for. You love them like they are yours to lose. I have always been very giving and worked so hard to be a good wife mother and woman. Now I have someone who sees that and appretiates it and shows me how much. For example. The days we work he helps me with laundry and dishes and the kids. The days we are off we cook to gether work out side together. We do all we can to make even the simplest things even more so. I want to get up every moreing just to see what I can do to put a smile on his face. Love as though there is no tomorrow because you really never know when that may be. Im not perfect by any means but this is just what I have learned in my life.

Answer 2

Number one talk things out never hold anything inside because it will only grow into something bigger and before you know it you have a whole list of things on your mind. Two never go to bed angry at each other kiss and always make up. Three never forget how you felt when you first laid eyes on each other.Four never turn to the opposite sex for advise about your marriage and never but never let on that there is a problem at home. And five never think the grass is greener on the other side it's just different grass that's all .

Answer 3

Trust, honesty, communication and understanding. Always take the time to listen and hear what the other person is saying. Give them the benefit of the doubt. One of the most important thing is to always put yourself in the other person's shoes. That is one thing my husband and I always try to do, sometimes, we have to remind each other, how would that make you feel. If an argument gets heated walk away before things get said that you can't take back. The bad things a person says stays with you a lifetime.

Good Luck and just remember relationships take work and it's a two way street.

Answer 4

Keys to a lifelong relationship?
sex, compromise, and never make an issue out of money. it works for my husband and i. we're still young (30 and 33), but we've been together for 11 years and are very happy.

we keep it interesting in the bedroom and make sure each other gets what they need. also, we are constantly compromising. when he knows something is important to me, he lets me get my way. and then later, when something is important to him, i let him get his way. we both stay happy. and as far as money goes, we've never made an issue of it and it has never been an issue. it just works like that. the more you stress about it, the more it becomes a source of stress.

Answer 5

Stay in separate rooms...never talk. Change your opinion to match everything she thinks you should think. Wear what she expects you to wear and don't have any feelings or opinions of your own. Basically just become a walking, empty, idiot. Girls like that. then if she does kick in to a beiiitch mode, just go have a drink and give it a week. She will be her ol' crabby self again in no time at all.

Answer 6

being able to problem solve, be honest, always try to put the other person first before yourself.