I don’t know if you noticed, but with each day that passes, more and more marriages are packing up. It’s almost like “For better, for worse” no longer holds water, and nobody cares about preserving that entity called marriage.
The truth is almost every marriage is on the verge. It only takes a series or a course of action to totally mar it. That’s why everyone who desires to be a family person someday has to get adequate knowledge on how to make things work.
Marriage is like a flower. It requires grooming and nurturing to keep it alive and healthy. Of course this should come from both sides, but this post is primarily about what women can do on their part. Take a quick look.
LOVE YOUR HUSBAND
Nobody really marries someone they don’t care about, but even after marriage, it shouldn’t stop or change. If anything, it should grow and get better. If your husband does anything to make you second guess his own feelings towards you, open up about it because staying mute might eventually affect how you think of him too. Love conquers all. A marriage that has this primary ingredient never dies.
UNDERSTAND AND PLAY YOUR ROLE
Apart from loving your husband, your other responsibility is to show the same to your children. Take care of them, support them, know their problems and their weaknesses so you can help them be better. Your husband doesn’t expect you to lose sight of this responsibility, no matter what. They’re just as much your responsibility as they’re his.
AVOID POINTLESS ARGUMENTS
Your man isn’t perfect, so he can’t make the right decisions all the time, but instead of arguing about it, why not quietly point out the error or bad judgment? Arguing about it is pointless, and might end up creating a negative reaction. You’re supposed to be partners; not competitors.
BE VERY MINDFUL OF JEALOUSY
Jealousy is perhaps one of the biggest home wreckers one can think of. A bit of it is natural where love is, but if unchecked, can consume one, and create disharmony and hate in a loving marriage. It will lead to distrust and full your mind with unnecessary fear. Do not doubt your husband’s love unless there’s evidence to prove so. Trust is important for a lasting union.
PRAY
There’s nothing that can really be done without a bit of support from up above. The spiritual is real, believe it or not. I have never seen a home that was successful without God being its foundation. You must continue to ask God for wisdom for living, and to show you the best way to manage your home.