Understand when it's time to step in. Sometimes being a supportive partner means understanding when it's time for you to step in to allow your partner space to step back. ...
So, when does marriage get hard for couples? Usually, financial difficulties, infidelity, breakdown in communication, parenting conflicts, a difference of opinion over major life choices, grief or health issues are some circumstances under which a marriage is tough to maintain.
While there are countless divorce studies with conflicting statistics, the data points to two periods during a marriage when divorces are most common: years 1 – 2 and years 5 – 8. Of those two high-risk periods, there are two years in particular that stand out as the most common years for divorce — years 7 and 8.
One of the greatest rules of a happy marriage is respect. Even when you're fighting, you have to maintain respect for each other in order for things to work. It's important to keep calm when you have disagreements.
A supportive partner encourages you to be the best version of yourself. They celebrate your accomplishments. They don't make you feel guilty for spending time with friends. Unhealthy relationships are based on attempts to control the other person.
In difficult economic circumstances couples can have worries about issues such as employment, mortgages, bills, childrearing, healthcare and child minding. The resulting stress and strain can impact on both individuals and as a result the relationship can be under pressure.
Cathy Vandewater from Bustle sums it up thusly: "If you feel like your person still brings out the best in you even during tough times — if you find yourself apologizing when you're wrong, trying to be a better listener, or laughing your way out of arguments — you've got a relationship worth working on. "
Focus on communicating how you feel, and be specific about what you have noticed (e.g., "I feel saddened when I see you looking upset and tearful..."). Avoid making assumptions about how she is feeling (e.g., "I think you are depressed and need help") as this may come across as accusatory or judgmental.
Enter the 2-2-2 rule: Try and swing a date night every two weeks, a weekend away every two months and a week away every two years. The rule has its origins on a Reddit thread from 2015 and has in recent weeks reappeared on social media as a form of relationship advice.
Establish a 10-minute rule. Every day, for 10 minutes, talk alone about something other than work, the family and children, the household, the relationship. No problems, no scheduling, no logistics. Tell each other about your lives.
So I recently discovered the 777 Rule for Healthy Marriages. Every 7 Days go on a date. Every 7 Weeks go on an overnight getaway. And Every 7 Months go on a week vacation.
The crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 Australian residents) was 2.2 divorces per 1,000 residents in 2021, up from 1.9 in 2020. The total number of divorces granted in 2021 was 56,244, the highest number of divorces recorded since 1976.
Grey Divorce is the term referring to the rising rate in older adults, typically from long-lasting marriages, getting divorced. The term was coined as research showed the phenomenon of the overall divorce rate going down while the “grey-haired” demographic's rate of late-in-life divorce was on the rise.
