The problem is that our country is focused on the media’s representation of relationships that is comprised of the Ring, the Wedding, the Fight, and the Divorce. It plays out like a 1 hour drama where you already know the ending. Can we rewrite the script and create a happily ever after scenario?
Where is the beginning of the path that leads to divorce? Perhaps if you can recognize the divorce path it can be avoided. Of course there are no guarantees when it comes to interpersonal relationships. There are many unseen variables that can create an endless number of outcomes. But there is one key factor to a bad marriage. A bad marriage starts with a bad relationship. If your relationship is full of distrust, anger, fighting, meanness, finger pointing, selfishness, and other people, getting married is not the solution. Couples get divorced because they never had a relationship that would stand up to the intensity of marriage. Take an event that during the dating phase seems small but annoying and place in the context of forever, and it now becomes unbearable.
The factors that result in divorce are usually present in some form during dating. The following...