| If you feel that your marriage is in trouble, I feel for you, | | | | apart, which causes emotional distance and this puts |
| as I have gone through this myself. By no means a | | | | your marriage in trouble. Whatever it is, make it clear to |
| marriage is an easy thing to maintain, and when they | | | | your spouse that you realized your mistakes and will |
| hit some bumps on the road, some couples begin to | | | | do your best not to repeat them. |
| consider a divorce. However, if you are not ready to | | | | Most of the times what puts a marriage in trouble is |
| give up your family because of some issues, you have | | | | the emotional distance between the couple. It is easy |
| to fight in order to save your troubled marriage. I did | | | | to get overwhelmed by various different aspects of |
| this, and here is how. | | | | life - being a parent, working, paying the bills etc. It's not |
| First of all, if there are problems, you have to realize | | | | easy to stay as emotionally connected to your spouse |
| that one partner has to take the first step in repairing | | | | as your first wed. So, from today, think of things that |
| the marriage. There's no reason it shouldn't be you. So, | | | | you could do alone with your spouse. Arrange some |
| start today. Look at your behavior, and how you have | | | | time to do them. Even cliché stuff like a dinner out |
| treated your spouse in the past. If you are able to take | | | | and seeing a movie can do wonders to bring back |
| an honest look, I guarantee you that you are going to | | | | that "flirting" or "first months of the marriage" feelings, |
| find lots and lots of mistakes in your behavior, manners | | | | and it can do wonders to save your marriage in |
| and attitude. Maybe you are too close to your spouse | | | | trouble. |
| and don't allow him or her space. Maybe you are too | | | | |