To make your marriage happy you need these different qualities› Sensitive, Empathic, loving, Positive,

Trustworthy, Caring, Giving, Flexible, Thoughtful

To make it harder for you to be happy avoid these› Self-centered, insensitive, rigid, unwilling

to change, unreasonable

Age at marriage› Its better to make a commitment after your

teen years, and when you fully develop you maturity

Stuff you have in common› Similar backgrounds like interests, values, and

goals Researchers who have studied marriage

relationship have formed a principle called homogamy › Which means people who have many

similarities, or much in common are more likely to have a satisfying marriage

Racial Differences › People often marry other in the same race

because they are likely to have more in common

› Others would attract to different race because there love for each other will help the relationship

This is a important factor for the relationship

They share their thoughts, feelings and inner desires

They need to accept the others thoughts or feelings › If not there relationship wont be strong or

wont grow Trust is something that is good to

communicate and build the relationship

Some people want to marry because they like being together › They do this because they think that if

they married there feelings would stay the same forever

An engagement is the final stage in dating process leading to marriage.

Planning for Married living › You have to make many decisions as they

live on there own. Breaking an Engagement

› Couples break an engagement for many reasons.

› Or if one of the couples doubts the relationship

There are different conflicts that the married couple will go through › Hostility—they don’t settle conflicts and

don’t agree on solutions › Concession—when one spouse gives in to

the other rather than working to reach a joint agreement

› Accommodation—is when a spouse agrees to accept and live with his or her partner’s differences

There are different kind of adjustments › Interpersonal—the changes they make as

they learn to live with each other› Pair—thinking of we instead of just yourself

Accepting habits is important because you wont get irritated with one another

Talking about the problem and finding a solution is a good way to make the relationship stronger

They help one another with the environment they will live around, and each other friends.› Also if they are having problems they can

get out side assistance. › Friends and family can also help with

problems.