The art of marriage is really the art of keeping up to date with your partner, of staying on track with your own and each other’s life goals as they emerge, exist, and change. It’s you and her, against the world, building your world.īut if you want to plan and tackle life’s greatest adventures side-by-side, you’ve got to stay in-sync and work effectively as a team.
Family members can end up feeling like ships passing in the night.īut modern marriage is also an incredible opportunity - one that, if managed right, can be an unending source of joy and satisfaction.
There are kids to raise and schedules to juggle. Husbands and wives may both be working - and not just one job, but several. Spouses don’t just partner up for purely economic and procreative purposes - they expect to be romantic lovers, best friends, co-parents, and sometimes even business partners.īalancing all of those roles might seem like a burden, and it certainly can be. The institution of marriage arguably carries a heavier weight of pressures and expectations in the present age than it has in any time previous. And when it comes to readers saying, “I tried the advice in X article and had success with it,” we probably get more feedback of that kind about this post than any other. Six years later, we’re still doing weekly marriage meetings ourselves, and still finding them greatly beneficial. This article was originally published in June 2016. With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past.
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