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7 Powerful Ways to Build a Good Marriage
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Ads by Google It is so important, with over 50% of marriages ending in divorce, to learn how to preserve your marriage and to build it into a lasting relationship. The word “build” is the key; no marriage builds itself; it requires the concerted effort of two. There are of course many things that contribute to a successful and lasting marriage, but since I’m not writing a book here, I tried to think of 7 essential things that have helped me the most in my own experience of 44 years…
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One Little Thing That Can Save Your Marriage
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend Ads by Google Marriages are sometimes lost on just one issue: Failing to show empathy. Sympathy and empathy are similar terms that use the same emotion which is feeling a deep concern for what someone else is going through. There is one difference in the two terms: Sympathy is a feeling of concern based on similar experiences while empathy is a feeling of concern without having experienced the same issues. Being able to read your spouse’s emotions can tell you what they are experiencing when they…
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How to Fight With Your Mate Without Destroying Your Marriage
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs- Email this article to a friend It is near impossible for two to live together without some disagreement. Disagreement is actually OK; otherwise, what would be the need to have two if both were identical in everything. Different views of anything can be constructive. The secret is not to let them become a wedge that separates rather than complementing and uniting. Hopefully this paper will give you some tips on how to fight with your mate without destroying your marriage. Around one half of all marriages wind up in divorce…