Learn the Little-Known Secrets About Marriage Myths and How They Could Destroy Your Relationship
Maybe you're a romantic at heart, tending to fall for how the movies portray marriage.
Yet, you've got a sneaking suspicion that you're being fed a lie.
Harboring unhealthy beliefs about marriage could end up destroying yours.
Why not protect your marriage instead? If you're curious about what some of those marriage beliefs that could spell disaster for your relationship are, you're in luck.
This article will lead the way.
Marriage Myth #1: your spouse is responsible for your happiness.
Actually, you alone are responsible for your happiness.
Not your spouse, your friends or your family.
For some, especially if Hollywood is to be an example, marriage partners today seem to change as often as some change their wardrobe.
The lie is that if you're unhappy in your marriage, well then, it's your partner's fault.
And if it's his or her fault, then it's OK to look elsewhere, for another partner.
Marriage Myth #2: your partner must be physically appealing to be attractive.
Bear with me here.
While for guys, you probably didn't glance across the room and ultimately end up with your spouse because you were attracted to her brain at first sight, physical attraction alone doesn't last.
And, initially, you both may have been attracted to each other physically.
But, over the years as your assets fade or diminish, your attraction becomes more than skin deep.
This is true intimacy, as I mentioned before.
When you build upon your common passions and what's important to you both, you build a deep foundation that keeps you interested beyond the cosmetic.
Marriage Myth #3: a healthy marriage is one established upon great sex.
While for the short term, sex with your spouse may be gratifying, ultimately, it could get quite boring if that's all you've got.
Which is why, many times, so many marriages end in divorce: there's little substance in the relationship.
Guys, pay attention: intimacy isn't sex.
Although you can be intimate during sex, many dysfunctional marriages aren't intimate or transparent, as sex becomes nothing more than an act of gratification.
True intimacy involves knowing your spouse's heart: what he or she is interested in, his or her loves; you get the picture.
When you have a true meeting of the minds in this way, bedroom activity will be intimate on an entirely different level.
The problem with that approach is that when you sever ties to your first marriage, you begin your next with the same challenges: you and your faults all over again.
How about trying something that goes against the grain? Commit to making your marriage work and you just may find you reap far richer rewards.
If you choose to change these unhealthy beliefs about your marriage, what could end up happening? You may find that you have a satisfying, fulfilling relationship that lasts.
Yet, you've got a sneaking suspicion that you're being fed a lie.
Harboring unhealthy beliefs about marriage could end up destroying yours.
Why not protect your marriage instead? If you're curious about what some of those marriage beliefs that could spell disaster for your relationship are, you're in luck.
This article will lead the way.
Marriage Myth #1: your spouse is responsible for your happiness.
Actually, you alone are responsible for your happiness.
Not your spouse, your friends or your family.
For some, especially if Hollywood is to be an example, marriage partners today seem to change as often as some change their wardrobe.
The lie is that if you're unhappy in your marriage, well then, it's your partner's fault.
And if it's his or her fault, then it's OK to look elsewhere, for another partner.
Marriage Myth #2: your partner must be physically appealing to be attractive.
Bear with me here.
While for guys, you probably didn't glance across the room and ultimately end up with your spouse because you were attracted to her brain at first sight, physical attraction alone doesn't last.
And, initially, you both may have been attracted to each other physically.
But, over the years as your assets fade or diminish, your attraction becomes more than skin deep.
This is true intimacy, as I mentioned before.
When you build upon your common passions and what's important to you both, you build a deep foundation that keeps you interested beyond the cosmetic.
Marriage Myth #3: a healthy marriage is one established upon great sex.
While for the short term, sex with your spouse may be gratifying, ultimately, it could get quite boring if that's all you've got.
Which is why, many times, so many marriages end in divorce: there's little substance in the relationship.
Guys, pay attention: intimacy isn't sex.
Although you can be intimate during sex, many dysfunctional marriages aren't intimate or transparent, as sex becomes nothing more than an act of gratification.
True intimacy involves knowing your spouse's heart: what he or she is interested in, his or her loves; you get the picture.
When you have a true meeting of the minds in this way, bedroom activity will be intimate on an entirely different level.
The problem with that approach is that when you sever ties to your first marriage, you begin your next with the same challenges: you and your faults all over again.
How about trying something that goes against the grain? Commit to making your marriage work and you just may find you reap far richer rewards.
If you choose to change these unhealthy beliefs about your marriage, what could end up happening? You may find that you have a satisfying, fulfilling relationship that lasts.