Originally posted by squirrels
My opinion is that marriages shouldn't need to "make a marriage work." If you're marrying someone, it should ALREADY be working.
Well, that's not how it goes. I had a phenomenal realtionship for 5 years...and I came very close to marrying him. We got along wonderfully and was very happy. In fact, we were so happy together that anyone around us couldn't help but smile...we just emitted incredible positive energy. We never hurt each other with words, never argued and never raised our voices or swore at each other...not even one time.
Even in a relationship like this, there was still issues and challenges that had to be sorted out and worked through. There will always be issues and challenges that pop up...but when you have a good, healthy relationship you are much better able to resolve them.