Is your marriage growing stronger and better with each year that passes, or are you still finding marriage to be a struggle? Sometimes, both apply at the same time. We grow closer and more mature, but life still throws some daunting challenges our way. It is however, much less stressful to work through challenges when you and your spouse are committed to each other and to your marriage.
Do you have plans for New Year’s Eve and for the months to follow? Do you have goals and dreams as a couple or have you made New Year’s resolutions together? One of the best things my husband and I agreed to early in our marriage was to never call each other names no matter how angry we might be with one another. It wasn’t something that happened often, but once or twice was enough to show us that harsh words are not good for marriage. We simply do not engage in these actions, and it has made us closer.
Another good one is managing debt as a team. So many couples fight about money, when they wouldn’t otherwise argue. Working on a budget together may be a perfect resolution if you find yourself in a similar situation.
Maybe you’ve decided it’s time to add to your family, or to make the ability to add to your family a thing of the past. Perhaps the two of you have decided not to have children and your ready to inform those nosey relatives who keep asking when you’re going to have a baby. It’s a very private decision, but you may decide to let people know so they will stop pressuring you. One matter of fact statement is enough, with the caveat that you don’t wish to discuss this highly personal matter any further.
Getting along better with your in laws may be another good resolution. When you marry someone, you marry his or her family. Think of them as family, and it makes it a little easier to deal with people even when you don’t see eye to eye. You may even have to agree to disagree on certain things in order to keep the peace.
Maybe you’ve decided to buy a new home. Whatever you and your spouse decide to do in the New Year, I wish you the best. I wish you much love, health, happiness, and joy, this year and I hope you have many more years together following 2007.
Happy New Year!
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