Tips

[ParentofChildren]

List three tips that have benefitted your marriage.

1) Your wife needs greater care, than your children

2) Confess your transgressions

3) Look for the burning bush, root cause is not always obvious

 

[BeachSun]

Actually just one:
You can never take words back... ever. Think before you speak.

 

[ProudMomxmany]

Three Tips:

Leaving children with dad and going out will not kill either child or dad

Sometimes ya gotta be selfish instead of selfless

Don't bother looking for greener grass, it's probably over a septic tank

 

[sdmsanjose]

Do not ever believe romance novels or playboy

Believe what people do not what they say

Become as self sufficient as possible so that you can be a giver instead of a taker

 

[Autumnleaf]

List three tips that have benefitted your marriage.

1) Your wife needs greater care, than your children

2) Confess your transgressions

3) Look for the burning bush, root cause is not always obvious

1) Deny deny deny

2) You can get away with just about anything so long as you are not boring

3) Never marry someone who has more problems than you do

 

[Avniel]

My 3 are

1) the loving way is the right way.
2) remember people are different when those differences are celebrated they can build a stronger team.
3) when you put another's needs ahead of yours and they do the same it makes arguments less intense and more about communicating.

 

[ValleyGal]

Holiness paves the road to happiness, so keep your marriage sacred!

Make - and keep - your spouse as your best friend and soulmate.

Be honest enough with yourself to recognize and take full responsibility for yourself and your actions, direct or indirect, that influence your spouse, and be quick to make amends for those responsibilities that have negative influence.

 

[hijklmnop]

Three Tips:

Leaving children with dad and going out will not kill either child or dad

Sometimes ya gotta be selfish instead of selfless

Don't bother looking for greener grass, it's probably over a septic tank

All of these are amazing but #3 rocks my world! Lol

 

[Inkachu]

1. Remember, it's about the family as a unit, not about you as an individual!

2. When you're on your death bed, you won't wish that you'd worked more hours or put more money in the bank. You'll wish you spent more time with your family. Do it now, before you have the chance to regret NOT doing it.

3. Let God handle stuff. Don't feel like you have to personally conquer every battle that arises in the house. State your case, and if you reach an impasse, leave it alone and give it to God. Revisit it again later if He says so.

 

[Inkachu]

Don't bother looking for greener grass, it's probably over a septic tank

This is why we love ProudMom lol.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

1. Go to bed angry. Sometimes the best thing for an argument is to retire to separate corners, sleep on it, and come back refreshed, after processing what the other person has said, and work out a solution.

2. In all the roles you have... Employee, parent, husband, wife... Remember to be a friend. You lose the friendship, the rest of it will start to fall off too. And friends? They go out without the kids. Even on vacations.

3. Give each other time alone. Doesn't have to be everyday, but everybody needs a break where they know the person they love and trust the most is handling things so that they can do something for themselves. It's a big gift, actually, when my husband gets home after working two jobs and says he'll take the kids so I can go out to the gym, go for a run, whatever. And vice versa.

 

[Inkachu]

1. Go to bed angry. Sometimes the best thing for an argument is to retire to separate corners, sleep on it, and come back refreshed, after processing what the other person has said, and work out a solution.

I don't think people should go to bed seething with rage, I think they need to at least cool off and calm down first. But I agree with the principle that sometimes, you just aren't going to work it out at 1am, when you're both exhausted and emotional and not thinking straight. Go to sleep, and revisit it when you're rested and refreshed!

 

[CounselorForChrist]

1. Never flush while the other is in the shower.
2. Never complain the food is not good when you have more weight then when you got married (lol).

Seriously my tips would the normal ones we all here like don't go to bed angry. When somethings budding you say it, don't hold it in. Remember all the good things instead of one or two bad things.

 

[Angeldove97]

1) Don't make a big deal over something that isn't important to the BOTH of you.

2) Plan things together- your spouse will appreciate that you asked them about it instead of just making a decision on your own.

3) Don't trash talk your spouse to your friends or family members. It will just build resentment.