I live in the US, my husband lives in Japan. We started a long distance relationship in 2016 when he was 19 and I was 17, and just got married in June 2019.
Because we are both very stressed working on getting him a visa, only being able to be together for 3 months at a time until he moves here, culture shock when visiting each other’s home countries, on top of just trying to get used to living with each other and accepting each other’s habits and everything, it has been a very rough 11 months.
Neither of us are very good at controlling our anger, and occasionally we have a language barrier (which is worse during arguments because we end up misunderstanding and getting even more upset) and even when one of us is trying hard not to let things get out of control, if the other is making no attempt to keep calm, things end up escalating. He has threatened divorce a few times, and ultimately we have worked things out but I’m scared of things eventually getting past the point of repair.
I was raised in a Christian household but my husband is a new believer and I think he often waivers about his faith.
I would appreciate any advice and tips from other married Christian couples on overcoming anger and jealousy and stress in a new marriage...
Because we are both very stressed working on getting him a visa, only being able to be together for 3 months at a time until he moves here, culture shock when visiting each other’s home countries, on top of just trying to get used to living with each other and accepting each other’s habits and everything, it has been a very rough 11 months.
Neither of us are very good at controlling our anger, and occasionally we have a language barrier (which is worse during arguments because we end up misunderstanding and getting even more upset) and even when one of us is trying hard not to let things get out of control, if the other is making no attempt to keep calm, things end up escalating. He has threatened divorce a few times, and ultimately we have worked things out but I’m scared of things eventually getting past the point of repair.
I was raised in a Christian household but my husband is a new believer and I think he often waivers about his faith.
I would appreciate any advice and tips from other married Christian couples on overcoming anger and jealousy and stress in a new marriage...