Common Marriage Problems - Married With Kids - part 2
by Terry Ross
Don't just assume that once the kids have grown up you will be able to work on your marriage. I can tell you for sure it just won't happen. Just look at the number of marriages that end in divorce once the children left home and look at the number of loveless lonely marriages that exist just for the sake of the kids.
Your children are precious and should be cherished and adored but your relationship is where it all started, where the love between you and your partner created such special lives. Don't let the balance swing towards your children at the expense of your marriage. Your children don't need you 24/7 they need to know that you are there if they need you. If you asked them would they really begrudge the time that you need to give to your relationship if they knew that they would have two parents rather than one!
Is not making time for each other really that good for the kids when it means you are constantly arguing, not speaking or avoiding each other because you've let your marriage go to the dogs? Becoming parents shouldn't mean no romance, no love and no sex, it just means you need to learn to make time for those intimate moments that could ultimately lighten up your life and save your marriage.
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For a start, make sure you make time each day for cuddle, even if it's ten minutes after the children have gone to bed. Always kiss each other hello and goodbye, caress each other as you pass (the odd fleeting caress when the children aren't looking is exciting and can heighten desire, it will focus your mind beyond the more mundane chores that come with parenthood). Flirt with each other, rent a romantic movie and watch it after the kids have gone to bed. Plan to be alone for the odd evening, afternoon or even a weekend.
Schedule personnel time, get your hair done, go shopping for yourself not the kids, by the odd present for your partner, do all those things that used to make you feel special.
If you feel good about yourself you will feel good about your relationship and if you feel good about your relationship you will spend more time focusing on how to get time alone and what to do when it happens. Who needs spontaneity when less time together means that every moment is that much more special......
Copyright (c) Terry Ross
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