Wedding Belles Magazine Volume I Issue 1 | Page 42

After the
“I do”…
how to make a
marriage last.
BY KIM McNEELY
A
sk any happily married couple
how their marriage stood
the test of time and undoubtedly,
you’ll hear words like: love, trust,
honesty, communication, and
compromise. It makes sense that
these are characteristics of a long-
lasting- marriage.
In every relationship, there are the
amazingly perfect, can’t live without you,
never imagine life any better moments;
and sometimes, moments you didn’t
expect, moments that leave you in tears,
maybe even moments that leave you
wondering why you ever married in the
first place. Most of the time, we fail to
mention the rough days and hard times.
Truth is, it’s surviving those moments
that build the strongest marriages.
It Isn’t Always Pretty
On your wedding day, you assume you
know everything about each other. You
know his likes and dislikes, he knows
yours. You know he snores and that he
steals the blankets; he knows you fall
asleep if he plays with your hair and
that you are a sucker for roses. Does he
know all your weird quirks or deepest
secrets? Do you know his? We assume
we have shared everything and there’s
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