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What Are Some Potential Challenges Of Marriage?
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:6 KJV
Not! Welcome to the real world of marriage with it comes children, careers, control, disrespect, love, disappointment, cheating, abuse mental, and physical, forgiveness, highs, lows, indifference, happiness, sadness, lust, other desires, inlaws, money, power, strength, no money, appreciation, weakness, pets, hate, fun, family, religion, peace, and yes sometimes war.
Some of us might think if you have a good job, a nice home, and money. Your marriage is great or should be. Wrong! I have seen people who have all the material things that life has to offer and their marriage is going downhill fast.
Some people have been struggling because of unfairness through no fault of their own who don’t have the money they want to provide for their families and their marriage is still going strong because they have been through so much hardship it has strengthened their relationship in marriage.
From day to day, you never know who you are going to get when you wake up in the morning when living with your spouse. Yes, they are the same person you laid down with the night before. Now it’s a new day and you have no idea who you woke up with. These people will change on you at the drop of a dime. You have no idea what caused the change. You were both laughing and joking the night before and now they are looking at you and treating you like you you slapped their mama.
A team of psychologists led by Menelaos Apostolou of the University of Nicosia in Greece found that ‘fading enthusiasm,’ long work hours,’ and ‘lack of personal time and space’ are the three most common problems that prevent people from staying together.
- Lack of communication -When couples stop communicating openly and honestly.
- Fading enthusiasm- Many partners/spouses find long-term relationships to be tiring and they get bored quickly.
- Cheating- This can severely damage trust and intimacy in a marriage.
- Lack of personal time and space- Feeling suffocated or lacking sufficient we/me time is another common reason why people have difficulty retaining relationships.
