Sun.Star Davao

HAPPY AND LASTING MARRIAGE

- BY APPLE G. ALVAREZ, RN, MN

One of the most important relationsh­ips is between a husband and a wife. People even believed that a marital relationsh­ip greatly impacts the lives of many. But sometimes, the sweet relationsh­ip turns into sour because, over the years, life becomes so busy –checking on kids, earning a stable income and fulfilling other parental roles. Indeed, sometimes husbands and wives may be living in one roof but having separate lives.

For everyone desiring to have a lasting marriage, allow me to share the art of nourishing marriage in this contempora­ry world that is so demanding.

First, it is important to grow together as husbands and wives. Busy is an alternativ­e word for “no concern”. “No concern” is another word for your unkind partner. It is so sad to be with a partner one cannot talk to or just lie down on bed embracing in silence. The absence of quality time is one of the weapons of marriage destructio­n. And so, I must say, that happiness in marriage is only real when it is shared. What a wonderful feeling to stay with each other in all sorrow and pain!

Second, it is also essential to grow apart with enough space to grow as a person individual­ly. Earlier I said that togetherne­ss is essential in marriage but remember that a person should perceive his own worth before making others feel their worth. So, let there be space in a couple’s togetherne­ss but not to divide the two human souls. It is simply putting trust and faith in your partner to do things on his own and seeing the glow of happiness.

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