Habits that Potentially Create Gaps in Marriage
Parents,
Let’s remember how we are ‘husband and wife’, too, not just ‘Daddy and Mommy’.
Too often, we unintentionally create habits at home where we do our ‘Daddy-Mommy’ duties well, but they are in fact ‘unhealthy’ for our ‘husband-wife’ relationships.
Habits like:
– Wife sleeps with baby/kids, no longer sleeping on same bed with husband
– Husband accompanies kids to bed, and sleeps there with the kids. If this happens almost ‘every night’, minimal time is given to build ‘husband-wife’ relationship and communication (in our already busy day-to-day routines)
– Husband and wife talk ‘only about the kids’ and not share personal struggles and thoughts
Over time, such habits potentially create wide gaps in husband-wife relationships.
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Getting married is easy.
Keeping the love, romance, communication (and fun!) in a healthy marital relationship takes a lot of effort, time, energy, commitment, sacrifice, self denial, humour, forgiveness, and of course prayers, from BOTH parties.
May God have mercy on us all, and our marriage.
