Everyone wants to be happy, but happiness will come and go. Successful couples learn to intentionally do things that will bring happiness back when life pulls it away.
Couples discover the value in just showing up. When things get tough and couples don’t know what to do, they need to hang in there and be there for their spouse.
Time has a way of helping couples work things out by providing opportunities to reduce stress and overcome challenges. When you spend time with people who have been happily coupled for most of their lives, it’s the little things you notice.
The way she lights up all these years later when she recounts the day they first met. The ring of admiration in his voice as he describes her successes. No marriage can survive if there is constant drama each and every time.
Most couples get into marriage thinking that they will spend the rest of their lives together. However, challenges present in marriage make most couples break the ties much earlier than expected. But what is the difference between short-lived marriages and the ones lasting for over 40 years?
This is a question that new married couples should ask themselves before starting off their marriage at high-speed gear. For couples who have lived long enough in a marriage, most of them happen to have secrets that acted as their guide when it comes to making their marriage last.
Here are some of the secrets that couples who have been in a marriage for many years use in their marriage.
- Commit to low-drama lifestyle
Couples who have been into marriage for more than 40 years have not survived just because they love each other but because they keep it low when it comes to drama.
No marriage can survive if there is constant drama each and every time.
- Keep your professional lives separate
There is no way that work will ever fit well in a marriage.
That being the case, marriages only last for over 40 years if couples keep their work lives out of their relationship.
- Remember that your team is two people not more
For a marriage to last long, it is important to always keep in mind that you are both a team.
For any trial that you need to face, you need to have each other’s back in order to conquer.