What is the recipe for a successful marriage?

Answer 1

Well you need many things for a successful marriage, but starting with a few you can find the others. Love is the obvious one, then I would say friendship. Why friendship? Well think about it, you trust a friend, you talk to a friend, you respect your friend, you are there for a friend, good times and bad you can count on a friend. Friendship offers many things in a marriage. So a easy recipe for a successful marriage is: Love (unconditional) and Friendship.
A little more complicated recipe is: Love (unconditional), trust, communication, commitment, compromise, compassion, understanding, and being supportive of each other.
Love (unconditional), Friendship after that everything else falls in place.

Answer 2

Married twice... First marriage, married at 20, only knowing him for 6 months. Filed divorce 11 months later. Caught him cheating. Didn't know him at all. Married now for 5 1/2 years, together 8 1/2 years... (I learned my lesson the first time around. 1. Always say I love you 2. Hold hands 3. Touch a lot, this is not nessesarly sex either. 4. Communicate often, every day. 5. Share money, we are a team right? 6. Share bills, we both made them. 7. No pointing fingers. 8. Forgiveness, after all, we are only human. 9. Expect and understand that he is not perfect nor are you. 10. Trust,(should have been number 1.) 11. Freedom to be an individual person. 12. Be able to be yourself without fear of rejection. 13. Make love, don't F___. There is a difference. 14. F___ if you need to LOL JOKE. 15.Give special looks that only he knows how to read. (comes with time.) 16. Agree to disagree. 17. Give lots of hugs. I could truly go on and on. But seeing as you have just meet I would suggest you watch how he is towards everything you say and do. See how he is with your friends and family, if he treats you differnet when around certain people (within reason, I don't think he would "goose" you in front of your family, you know what I mean) Do not dedicate all your time for him and leave behind the things that you love, friends, hobbies etc... this will hurt you in the end and you will feel like you have lost some of your own identity. Good luck. Hope it works, but if it doesn't, you can find this again. You never thought you'd even feel this way once right?

Answer 3

"To have a happy marriage, it is important that you maintain an intimate and affectionate relationship between yourselves. The marriage remains happy with the sharing of physical closeness with small gestures like hugs and holding of hands. These gestures tend to help you reconnect with the spouse. It is usually finances that cause stress in a marriage. This is why it is important that the financial situation of the house has no negative effect on the marriage"
Without the intimacy the marriage will be a farce for the sake of children or for appearances alone!
EDIT>>>>
I didn't mean to infer that physical intimacy is the only thing that will make a successful marriage! It is just one step, among many that have to be in place to make a marriage thrive***

Answer 4

Love, Understanding, Communication, Committ-
ment, Honest toward one another, Respect one
another, Support one another, and not let anyone
or anything intefere in your marital affairs, and if
two people that get married have all and do all the
above the marriage will become a success, how
do I know I have been married for over 20yrs and
we both apply the above.

Answer 5

recipe successful marriage

Answer 6

I have been married for more than 26 years and all I know is there a few rules that I have always followed.

#1. If you don't feel like you are giving 75% and only getting back 25%, then you aren't giving enough.

#2. Always be willing to say, "you know, you may be right."

#3. Everyone has bad times or times when they feel bad. You have to be willing to be the one who is happy when your spouse is sad. You have to be strong when they are weak. You have to support them when they need it and vice versa. When you are sad, they need to be happy and so on.

These are the things that have made me and my husband successfull. We have had our aurguements. We have never walked out on one another, we have gone to bed angry and we have stopped speaking to one another for a few days at a time. But we are still going strong.

Answer 7

Take one man and one woman, add equal parts compassion, courage, thoughtfulness. Add a dash of mischief, some stubborn flexibility and a heaping dose of humor. Mix it all thoroughly with an appreciation for the Word of God and bake for the couple's lifetime and voila! A sure-fire treat all will love and admire. Second's, anyone?

Answer 8

It takes 2 people who are equally committed to making the marriage work.

One person cannot have a marriage.....no matter how much they love each other.

Answer 9

SD & derek gave very good answers. The only thing I want to add is to always keep it "together." Never go your separate ways. Your marriage makes you "One" so don't destroy the unity but build on it--make it stronger with time. This is what makes the foundation strong. Once you start doing your own separate things, trouble starts. this weakens the foundation and then the marriage.goes on the rocks.

Answer 10

Do say what you like, Don't over criticize.
Do make time for making love ,Don't keep making excuses not to.
Do share cost ,take turns so it isn't always the same one getting everything.
Have time for each other but also don't smother, each should have their own time.