8 Ways to Ruin a Marriage

6. The Deceivers. 

These couples have no trust in each other, and their lack of trust is perpetuated by keeping secrets and hiding details (or hiding money, conversations, etc) from each other. Without trust and transparency in the marriage, the couples lives in a state of artificial harmony and they never experience true intimacy, because secrecy is an enemy of intimacy.

7. The Snoozers.

These are the couples who hit the “snooze button” on their issues instead of actually dealing with them. They might know that there are issues in the relationship, but it doesn’t feel urgent, so it becomes more comfortable to ignore it until it gets worse. They secretly hope that their passive approach will make the problems go away on their own, but it doesn’t work that way.

8. The Quitters.

These couples throw around the word “divorce” in nearly every disagreement until they finally follow through and give up on the marriage. They see struggles in marriage as an excuse to quit instead of an opportunity to work together and grow stronger with their spouse. They very often remarry someone else and then repeat the same cycles of dysfunction in the new relationship.

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