Marriage Communication

Marriage communication is the keys to make your marriage a success. Looking at recent divorce statistics, it has become increasingly difficult for couples to make a success of marriage. By understanding the causes for failure and the essentials for success, you can avoid ending up in the failure statistics.  Through good marriage communication your marriage can be a success.

One reason for failure in marriage communication is the tendency to take marriage for granted. Marriage becomes something you just do, like wearing shoes or getting your hair cut.

Another reason for failure in marriage communication is the tendency to regard marriage as a guest does a prolonged party.  At a party you may have to do a little work as a guest, like getting out the game table, but mainly it is an occasion for fun and requires little effort or competence. Many people expect marriage to be like that.

Marriage can be lots of fun, but it is a party in which you are both host and guest. Therefore it is work and requires positive marriage communication.  It can seem to be an endless round of dishes and diapers. It means bills, worries, and sometimes burdensome debts.  If the relationship between husband and wife is to be rich and fulfilling, and if their children are to have attractive personalities, marriage means good marriage communication, hard work and almost saintly forbearance.

People who come to marriage as to a party, expecting only pleasure at little cost, are likely to feel cheated.  For marriage to be a success you must put real effort into it. You must know what to do, and what not to do, and have the marriage communication skills which are necessary for success.

Many people fail to appreciate the importance of sound knowledge and communication for marital success. This attitude is not new. In earlier times people regarded special training as unnecessary in many areas where we now know that it is essential. Today we know better. The doctor who treats you, the dentist who fixes your teeth, the pharmacist who makes up your prescriptions all must be trained and pass an examination before they are granted a license.

Marriage and good marriage communication is also a serious vocation which requires trained competence for success. If you must have specialized training in order to raise corn and hogs successfully, how much more should you know in order to be successful spouses and parents!