marrige life could be very hard sometimes..

@humairaku (2038)
Indonesia
May 30, 2010 1:14am CST
hi, mylotters! I'm a wife and mother of a three years old daughter. I lead very ordinary life just like other couples. but sometimes I think that my marriage runs so hard. I know that communication between husband and wife is a key to maintenance the relationship. but it's not easy at all to start a communication in a good atmosphere. how about you mylotters, what do you think about your marriage life? and what is your attempts to keep your relationship? thanks for sharing and happy mylotting!
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15 responses
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
5 Jul 10
Problems in marriages are always there, I was a troubled marriage. my wedding has a lot of problems starting from the ego and the third person, I am always trying to improve, although sometimes I want to give up. Until now my marriage is still awake, I must survive, our relationship is now beginning to improve, I really hope will continue well, and no serious problems. Anything as difficult as communication is essential.
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
1 Oct 11
Yes. It's just a theory. My marriage began to trouble, when I was 3 years of marriage. All depends, how we live, and survive. If I think of myself, maybe I was divorced, a few years ago.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
3 Oct 11
I'm sorry to hear that..I also had a big problem during my marriage. not like you who has problem i your 3rd year, I had my big problem just a few days after I delivered my baby (so our marriage was till in the first year..!!). but you're right, the more important is ow we deal with those problems. like what you said, if we think of ourselves, we had already gone. but then I decided to give him and myself one more chance. and thank God, our marriage is getting better and happier then..I hope your marriage is too..
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
1 Oct 11
some people said that if a couple could get the first five years of marriage, they will survive to get through the next ten years. and when they can survive in the second five yeas (it means that their marriage has been 10 years old..:D), they will be a able to maintain their marriage for the next 15 years. and so forth. maybe it's true but maybe it's wrong. I can see some couple are divorced in the 6th year. so what people said i only a kind of theory. I hope you can keep struggling for your marriage and so do I cos I'm still in a beginner (my wedding s almost 5 years old). so we still need a lot of struggle and sacrifice to reach our dream of having a happy family..
@galileo2008 (1168)
• Philippines
1 Oct 11
One of the reasons why I don't want to get married is because I am afraid of commitments and I am afraid of not being able to do my role as a wife and as a mother, if ever I'll have kids. I am afraid that one day it'll be too late for me to realize that I made a wrong decision and keep regretting the decision I made for the rest of my life. I am not getting any younger, my friends are all married, and have kids, and I don't know what to say to my parents every time they ask me when I will get married. I'm very frustrated with the thoughts of juggling my time with my career and my family. I think I will have my family later on, but not today. No, not for now.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
4 Oct 11
hi Galileo..I was like you when I was 26..I had a relation with a guy who is my husband today. we never talked about marriage during our date cos both of us were still afraid of getting married. and we're not ready yet. but our parents could stand any longer to watch our close relationship (in my religion, having a date is forbidden. and I knew it. LOL). so our parents forced us to get married soon. and nothing we could do at that time except fulfilling our parents will. we're married five years ago and we have a four-years old daughter. just like other couples, we face many problems but it makes us going stronger as a couple. we learned through every problems we got. what could be the conclusion? sometimes we are forced to get ready facing anything we're afraid of..LOL..maybe you need to try our way..:)
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
1 Oct 11
Hi there! So far, I can say that my marriage life is good. We are also like other ordinary couples, we encounter some problems but thank God that we are able to resolve them. Right now, its not that hard for me yet since we don't have kids yet, my only problem is being away from my parents that sometimes makes me really sad. In our case, to keep our relationship in good shape and keeps on growing, we see to it that we start and end our day with a prayer and we already learn to adjust with each other and accept & love each other with our strength & weaknesses. I wish that we stay this way and keep our relationship till the end of course with God's grace.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
4 Oct 11
I also live separately with my parents but I live together with my husband's parents (it's so common a married couple still live with their parents, actually we want to live separately with them but my parents in law don't allow us to live separately.. ). it becomes a problem too in my marriage cos facing parents in law is not easy at all sometimes but I take it as a challenge and my good deed to my husband (respecting his parents means respecting my husband). moreover I can ask my parents in law to watch my daughter so I can have a part time job.. I love my husband so I try to accept not only his strengths but also his weaknesses. sometimes it's hard but thank God we're always able to get it through, sometimes in a soft way but sometimes in a hard way..all makes us growing up..:)
@freymind (1351)
• Philippines
27 Sep 11
I'm not yet married but I'm living with my fiancee right now. We'll be married next year on our 7th year anniversary. We started living together last 2009 and I must say things are not that smooth sailing but for the most part we tend to maintain our relationship in a good way. Communication is the key. If you love a person and you know that this person loves you as well telling him/her what you feel inside should be a piece of cake. You should calmly discuss the things that you think are making your situation hard or difficult. I was a hard head before and still am but my partner always tells me that being in an angry or bad mood while were talking will only make matters worst instead of solving it. He's my ying and I'm the yang. The other things are respect, loyalty, trust and honesty. Without these things I don't think my own relationship will be better and it could even be worst. We also put God in the middle of our relationship. This doesn't apply to everyone but for us it does. If you can't talk to each other in a calm way might as well wait for the right time. Me and my partner have a lot to learn when we get married but I'm sure that we'll go through it. Hope you do too.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
3 Oct 11
I do agree with you that talking out loud when we're angry is really bad attitude. and it doesn't make our problem disappeared but make it bigger and sharper. I'm a stone head too and I don't yell to my husband when I'm angry but I keep my mouth silent and won't speak any words for days. it's bad and I won't speak before my husband ask me to speak. it's tiring but I was so stubborn. but today, I'm not like that anymore. whenever we have problem I will speak. and I also agree with involving God in relationship. I'm a God minded. Every time I have problem I will run to God. God who made us as one so I will ask God help to solve my problem. all I got are from Him so I'll return to Him..thank for your hope..I think we get better days by days..and I hope we could lead a happy life now and then..:)
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
4 Jul 10
When love is boundless, any relationship will go longer. So just love without any expectations, then a husband and wife relation is most beautiful on earth.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
1 Oct 11
maybe someday I and my hubby will reach that condition. we can lead or life in a peace and harmony, both of us know what we want without we say anything, we have no quarrel, and many other happy activities. but today we should fight them. today is the time for us to struggle our dream. we'll do the best to reach our dream. and we know that our journey won't be easy at all cos we will have problem and challenges to face. but I know we can get it through together. wish me luck, will you? :)
• Philippines
10 Jul 10
Hi everyone!, I like what Jerusalemfolk said. That's right. Communication is very important in any relationship. Being transparent on what you feel and being able to speak up really helps. But ofcourse it all depends how you two will talk. Me and my husband were newly wed..last november.. but before that when we were still boyfriend and girlfriend we practiced communication so well. I must admit that he was really the one who initiate and always at his low tone. He was so calm in everything. We always talk when we got issues..big or small.. we didnt sleep unless its resolve, that's why i like "mad" song. Never go to bed mad at each other . Thats so true. I think, we should say what we feel to our husband, or bf..so they will understand us better. They know what to do or act. Don't be afraid to say.."i feel sometimes.." thats ok as long as you say it nicely. After you resolve things you will both feel good. Kiss and make up. and don't forget to smile. :)
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
3 Oct 11
wew..congratulation to you, Albhevs for your marriage..I hope God bless your marriage..^__^ for me, having good communication is like a habit. I mean, we should make it as our habit so whenever we have a problem we shouldn't be confused what to do cos we have good communication. bus as a habit, good communication is not easy to build. I am a very stubborn person, so I always ignore to whatever my husband said. sure it's bad and my husband always feels anxious with my behavior. then we can't build good communication between us. what I want to say is if only one of us who has good intention to create good atmosphere, good communication is difficult to reach. I love my husband so much and I want we could get together forever. maybe I will try your tip that we shouldn't go sleeping before our problem has solved..:)
• India
30 May 10
When a mother brought up a son even when he grows the relationship may not be as good as it was during his childhood than it will not be in case of husband and wife, its simple 2 people with 2 different mindset its really difficult to get into one idea and implement things, people may say to communicate well or any things regarding relationship, but 2 people getting things around is really a pleasant thing to feel
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
26 Sep 11
yes you're right, Ganesh..two people must have two opinions, two desires and two ideals. maybe it could be walk in a same path but mostly are different. fortunately we have love to share and feel. Love makes two different people have a willing to live together, to respect one another and to share every up and down. it won't be easy of course, but it's not impossible to do.
@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
31 May 10
Your words remind me of something funny. When the couples want to start a conversation in peace, but at the end it will become to be a serious argument and quarrel. I have to say that it is very true. We all have arguments sometimes. But the point is we need to calm down after that, to think about whether our spouse is reasonable or not. And try to give in sometimes. This is important. Even if it's not your fault, but if you can give in in such kind of situation. Your spouse will appreciate to you a lot. We don't have to be mad to each other for a long time because of stupid little things. I love China
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
1 Oct 11
I learn much about marriage, some I got from my own experience, some from others experience or advice. and one of my favorite quotation about marriage is to make small big problems and make small problem disappears..it's great I think. though it's difficult to do but I always remember this quotation when I have problem with my hubby. I will measure how hard my problem is and then I'll decide what step should I take: make it smaller or just let it go as if never happens..and I do agree with you about having good communication atmosphere and control ourselves when having quarrel with our partner..:)
• Philippines
31 May 10
I am not yet married and I find it boring to pursue it when both couple is not financially stable or in the other partner could not give his partner a comfortable life since most of the divorce could be traced because of financial problems,That is the things i dreaded to happen to me. Though, I dream of being married but if it would not come as long as I could feed myself and my family is with me that would be so good. In terms of communication that is very important a relationship is weak if the other partner refuse to cooperate and their is a need to share the feeling or the things that need to be talk and if those are absence I better of alone than finding a boring partner. It gonna be a waste of years and being married need to be frank so the other partner know your need and identify what is lacking to make the marriage life more happy.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
30 Sep 11
in my religion, we are promised by God if we get married, God will open His door of wealth and prosperity. and I believe it with all faith I have..:) everyone has their opinion about marriage: one said that if they get married that should have been 'rich', others said that married is just married whether you're 'rich' or not, cos we could earn money during marriage. like what I did five years ago. I married my husband when he was still unemployment. I had a job but it's not too good in payment. but we did believe that we could get it through together cos we trusted in God's promise. today, we're not 'rich' but we have enough money to spend and to live properly. my hubby has a good job and I'm sure his career will go up as the days go by..so, financial is not everything in starting a marriage for me. but we should remember that God won't give us money if we never try to get it. do the best then God will give the best too.. about communication, I agree with you. we should communicate each other cos we are not a fortune teller who is able to read what on someone's mind..LOL..
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
30 May 10
Good day to you Humairaku, It is true that marriage life is a tough one. In this kind of life, you will need to give-up almost everything. You need to be submissive in every aspect and as they say, the woman is the one who balance the marriage relationship. For me, I keep the relationship going by having a harmonious communication. And on top of it is prayer. Since, a married life is not as easy as saying A-B-C, the prayer is the most powerful weapon to have in handling any relationship not to exclude a marriage relationship. Have a nice day and hope you will be successful in your married life.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
26 Sep 11
Hi, Aira..I hope you have a good day too.. I agree with you that having good communication with couple will ease you leading marriage life. but even it sometimes is hard to do. speaking and listening though they seem easy to do, but not at all when we are facing a problem and we have different views on it. every one of us has our own interest and it makes us difficult to have good communication and listen each other..
@ann101 (518)
• China
31 May 10
The key to maintain our relationship is to tell him whatever you think or puzzled,and then resolve the question toghther.We used to quarrel a lot before our daughter'birth.The baby is a change to our relaionships,she brings langhter,surprise and the key of harmony.If it's hard to communicate with your husband,try to let your daughter to tell him(if her daddy loves her very much).If no way is feasible,then please love yourself and try to make an happy life for you and your daughter.Anyway,we are not birthed for others,but for ourselves.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
29 Sep 11
I agree with you that the birth of child brought differences into our marriage life. some couples cancel their plan to get divorce cos they consider to their children. I mean they are willing to get together again cos they don't want to let their children down or they want to give good atmosphere for their children in their growing times. and you're also right by telling everything what we feel and want. our couple won't know what we want and feel till we tell it to them. it's also my own experience. though sometimes, talking is not always easy but we shouldn't stop trying to reach a better circumstances, not only for us but also for our children. it's great response, Ann..:)
@iristacey (112)
• Philippines
31 May 10
Life can really be tough at times. I think the best way to remove the tension is for the two of you to set the mood first. Try to start the conversation in a very light mood, no pressure and no raising of voice. Marriage life is a journey. It is never just a happy period of life but a series of challenges as well. Include marriage on your prayers. I hope your daughter will not be affected on your trials now.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
27 Sep 11
I wrote this discussion almost two years ago when my marriage life was in a bad condition. but just like what you said that marriage is a journey. it's hard time for my marriage life two years ago but thank God, today my marriage life is just fine and really amazing. we could understand each other through every problem we got. and it's amazing cos we could get it through well. I agree with you that communication is a key to get more harmonious atmosphere and I have proved it many times. and my daughter is just fine cos I and my hubby always cover our problem in front of our daughter..:)
@dayle59 (152)
• Philippines
30 May 10
even in a relationship, it is never really that easy. how much more if you're married. but the key to that is patience i guess. and if it really doesnt work, might as well not push yourselves to your limits.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
26 Sep 11
yeah, you're right..but I think it's the art of a relationship: how you and your couple overcome all the problems, how you and your couple share all good and bad times together, how make problem as the bond which strengthen not as the obstacle which is destroying. it's a kind of art of life for me, and I won't stop trying and struggling. but maybe I agree with your last sentence, if we have tried all and none works well, it's time for us to say enough is enough..:)
@kosanya (28)
• United States
31 May 10
I think in any relationship it is important to take care of yourself first. If you cannot take care of yourself, you cannot take care of others. Also, try to let the other person win some fights. You are not perfect and your husband is not perfect either. You cannot always have it your way. Try to focus on the good things and let go of the imperfections. Think about the alternative...would you rather be single?
@eurekafemme (5876)
• Philippines
30 May 10
Hello, humairaku.:-) I can very well relate to this. Life is not a walk in the park as well as marriage is not a bed of roses. If you've read my posts you will have an idea how seemingly miserable my life is. But I guess as a mother I have to endure all these things and try to accept it. There's nothing we can do if our husbands seem stubborn pigs. But, love yourself a little more not forgetting you are still a mother and a wife. Your husband will come to his senses if he truly cares for you and his family. What I do? I focus my energy to my kids and the things that I want. Also, I started making plans that will be beneficial for myself and the family like getting a job on or off line. Get a life of your own. Goodluck.:-)
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
19 Sep 11
but don't you think that communication could solve any problems? I mean, I won't give up on my marriage just because my husband couldn't treat me better. I will ask him why and he should explain about it. I often do this. sometimes he really enjoys his life (he really 'loves' his computer) and ignores me and my baby. if it happens, it's time for me to talk with him about his bad attitude. I won't just keep silent and let that problem goes worse. if you could afford all of those, you're really a strong woman then..I salute you..but, we deserve to be happy, rite? :)