Understanding your spouse has become something that is rarely done because of the misconception of what it actually means. So many people have started to believe that if you are understanding your spouse you are in effect letting them get away with something that may otherwise be unacceptable. This is not true, understanding your spouse is all about giving them the credit that is due for being who they are.
Photo by Cesar R. Intimacy: the Oxford Dictionary is pretty sketchy in its description of the word. It says… 1)
If your marriage has any chance of surviving the test of time then you must make sure one thing is accomplished, understanding and accepting your spouse. It is no secret that half of all marriages entered into today last through the test of time and there is a very simple reason for this. The reason is that most people give up on understanding and accepting their spouse and instead start to resent them.
When you first got together with the one you decided to spend the rest of your life with did you also agree to stop growing at that very second? Did you decide that since you loved this moment of your life you would just quit and relive it over and over? If you answered yes then you are in the minority, for most couples, growing together and making love last is a primary goal of your existence.
The main reason that most relationships fall apart, and a large reason that many end in infidelity, is that people lose intimacy and connection in a relationship. It is not a given that everyone will have intimacy and connection in a relationship and just because you have it now doesn’t mean that you will have it later.
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A huge part of any relationship is intimacy and in order for the relationship to last, you need to have