In the spirit of trying to be positive, I would like to ask people to tell me about how they managed to salvage a marriage that appeared doomed. What happened? Why did it happen? What did you change or do to fix it? Was it worth it? Did it work out in the long run?
Looking for "feel good" stories here, people. Thanks! :)
2007-11-27 08:49:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I don't have a bad situation I was just looking for inspirational stories for others.
2007-11-27 09:43:02 · update #1
My hubby and I almost divorced 5 years ago. I mean we were 6 days away from our court date and we were able to reconcile and have been better than EVER!!! We were young when we got married (19) and had so many hardships, we lost twins, we lost another, we grew apart and he started drinking ALOT to cope I guess. Anyway we grew apart and I couldn't deal with the drinking all the time, we were an emotional mess. I went through the whole I am so done with him thing and filed for a divorce. It took that to make him change and realize that we needed to deal with all of the issues in our marriage and actually mourn for our babies. We went to counseling and things are great now. Sometimes it is hard to understand how we got to that point but we both agree that everything happens for a reason. We have been married for 10 years and are about to start trying to have a baby again.
2007-11-27 09:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by I got answers! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We, my Husband and I have been married 40 years this next May. We are good friends and are almost complete opposites. He is a night person and I actually get up not long after he goes to bed. He is a brainiac and I am the busy physical type.
We have had many ups and downs including a great deal of difficulty in having children. Surgery to have one and adopted the second.
Cared for three dying parents in their last years .
Bankruptcy after that. A gay child . Life is interesting. We even have seperate checking accounts. He pays the big bills and I pay the small ones. Don't you just love it? It has always worked best for us. No arguing over money.
But in general whether we go to bed annoyed or just fine the next day is almost always a new day.
Not that we haven't slept apart many times, he never leaves our bed I do. I get POed more easily (hormonal I guess). But we have a great guest room bed.
Although none of that makes much difference, we always start fresh each day and just keep on going.
This summer he had a cancer scare and we both became frightened about losing each other. Work hard on thinking about being without each other. We just couldn't do it.
2007-11-27 17:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is no big story but-- all marriages can appear doomed at times. Be patient, be kind. There will be ups and downs for everyone.
2007-11-27 17:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by morris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our marriage was doomed but I gave her ONE second chance.
That was 25 years ago.
People make mistakes and change because of them.
Sometimes for the worse sometimes for the better.
We worked through it.
Married 32 years celebrated 12 years of happy marriage last year. . . . . . . . . . LOL
2007-11-27 17:04:28 · answer #4 · answered by Flagger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please check out Bob and Charlyne Steinkamp. They have a restored marriage after being divorced for about two years. They have a website and send devotionals everyday encouraging men and women to stand for their marriage and their spouse's salvation. Check out their archives.
https://rejoiceministries.org/devotion.php
2007-11-27 18:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by janetrmi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋