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Coming from a divorce lawyer who has seen it go both ways, I think the difference for couples who make it is that they are both committed to doing the work and making it happen. Both work on communication, both participate fully and openly in therapy, etc. If one person is not interested in participating or one person can’t get past and forgive the actions of another, it usually signals that the marriage will end.
I think how hard people work at it depends on the mindsets people had coming into marriage. Both my husband and I are Christian and are both committed to til death do us part unless the covenant is broken (e.g. affair) or if there is a safety concern (abuse, etc.). My husband even told me he wanted us to make sure that we’d always be willing to go to counseling if we felt we weren’t doing well.
Biggest question… do both of you want to make it work, and if so, will you both commit to working on it together? If yes to both, you have a chance. Then open honest communication is key. There will be great times and tough times through that process (hint, that process never truly ends, it just has more easy times). Best of luck to you and yours!
Agreed! 👍🏼
I’m divorced and remarried- left my first, he was an alcoholic, which honestly I don’t think I put together when I was married; and when he drank he could get abusive (verbally), wouldn’t come home night after night and just wasn’t present. I knew that it was not going to change unless we got professional help, which he refused (marriage counseling).
My 2nd husband w whom I have 3 sons, and I went through some super stressful times but I knew he was committed, he was willing to actually talk to me beyond the surface shit, and agreed to therapy. Kids are out of the house by maybe 5-6 years now and our marriage is better than ever (34 years)
Shared understanding of the challenges, mutual interest and affirmative commitment to make the necessary changes. That's most of it.
Where people get off the rails in my experience is that they either disagree about what the problems are (or at least what the root causes of those problems are) and/or both partners aren't all in on making the fixes needed to get to a solution.