Couples who are ready to give their all into saving a marriage must be congratulated heartily.  With divorce being the easy way out, and for some, the only way out, in modern society, we must give credit where credit is due, and there is plenty of credit in saving a marriage.

Saving a marriage won't be easy.  Nothing that is worth having is ever easy.  Saving a marriage entails rebuilding trust in each other, and to be ready to truly forgive your partner's transgressions, just as he must forgive yours.

A way that can help in saving a marriage is to write down at least ten things you require from your partner.  This little exercise can shine a spotlight to many of the misunderstandings that couples who are trying to save a marriage can face.

All partners come with baggage, and your baggage is no better or worse than your partners.  In a perfect world this wouldn't be so, but saving a marriage wouldn't be a problem in paradise.  When you are saving a marriage, don't be afraid to speak the truth from your heart.  Many times we hide our feelings and others are not aware of them.  No one is a mind reader, and many situations can be easily solved when everyone is in on what the problem is.  Both partners have to be clear in expressing their needs, neither one should ever be expected to read the other's mind.

Saving a marriage can take patience, humility, forgiveness, and most of all communication.  When each partner is communicating their needs properly, everyone will be speaking the same language and messages won't be misconstrued.

Taking the time for saving a marriage can be the greatest gift you have given to each other.  Instead of throwing up your hands and saying, Give me my marbles, I'm going home, I don't want to play with you anymore, we should say, If we love each other we are committed to saving a marriage we made in good faith and in love.  We owe it to everyone involved to try to be saving a marriage.


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