From the article: Happy Marriage - Maintaining A Happy Marriage
Having a happy marriage, or a happy romantic relationship, takes work, but brings many benefits, including reduced stress. Good communication is key, as is mutual respect. But what else helps keep a relationship or marriage happy? What are your best tips for maintaining a happy marriage or relationship? See what other readers have to say, and add your best tips to the list! Share Your Best!
Happy Marriage
- 29 years of marriage and the best agreement we made in the day, was never to disagree over trivial things in our day to day life. It makes life so much easier, holiday together every year where no one needs to do any more than relax have fun and enjoy.Hone "that look" for a seductive start to sexual enjoyment. Don't spoil things by breaking the trust you've built up together especially when an intruder makes it plain they fancy one of you. Always kiss one another hello and goodbye and hold hands walking down the street. Be the couple. Make sure your children and their needs and your love for them does not leave you with no room for your own romantic lives and loves together. Your children will benifit knowing you truley love one another.
- —Guest glorified
Relationships
- I agree that married couples need to enjoy a sense of humor. When things get a little tense I take "my time off" and when I come back to the room where my husband is out of the blue I flash him. Yes, I lift my shirt quick enough for him to get a peek and show him my breast, he would make a funny face and even if he was having a bad day....all of the sudden things get another prospective. Later on we'd agree to disagree, but we let each other express opinions and point of views. Being Mad is so not worth it!
- —EsHaddad
Happy Marriage Tips
- The hugest thing that I have learned is this: when he does something or says something that you don't like, ask yourself if it's a moral issue. If not, let it go.
- —Guest debikay
Cheer Lead!
- Be your significant other's best cheer leader! And strongest supporter especially when they venture off to try new things!
- —Guest fred0825
Let No One Tear You Apart
- Keep God in your marriage and let no man or woman tear you apart. That includes both marriage partners. That will truly show the power of commitment and love for each other.
- —Guest Belize325
Forget Old Stories
- Live today, think of tomorrow, a new day is a new love story. Enjoy happy time and celebrate.
- —Guest N
39 and Counting
- We just had our 39th anniversary. I fix her lunch every day. I kiss her as she leaves for work. I ask how her day was when she comes home. We pal around together every weekend. She's my best friend, and we talk about anything and everything. And...I'm her best friend, too.
- —HusbandofOne
Don't Go To Bed Mad
- Smiley369 hit the nail on the head! That's the number one correct answer.
- —nightowlgail
Pick at Each Other
- My husband and I play around, pick at each other about silly things, dance like dorks...having easy, everyday fun makes life good.
- —CheeseLover
Love is in the Details
- Don't forget the little things. Simple caring gestures, sincere thanks for things that are done, and always treat your loved one like you'd like to be treated -- or like you'd treat a stranger. It amazes me how often we treat our loved ones with less care and compassion than we'd spend on someone we just met.
- —Guest Suzi
Give 90 Percent and Expect 10 in Return
- Don't hesitate to vacuum the floor even though you've just returned from a very hard day at work. Always ask your spouse if they need help and be attentive to their needs, chances are you'll get the same courtesy in return. The more you give to your relationship the more you will get out of it.
- —khayesrn
Together / Apart
- Spend time together but don't be afraid to spend time apart. Part of that is trust. Part is not having to be always in control. My husband and I have shared interests but we also have separate interests that we pursue on our own - but sometimes sharing/discussing with each other too. It gives us much more to talk about than if we did absolutely everything together all the time.
- —Guest Jillian
Turn Off the TV and Talk!
- With two young children (one of whom has special needs) and three jobs between the two of us, it's easy to just not have time to communicate. While we enjoy watching our favorite tv shows together, we communicate much better and feel a lot closer when we turn off the tv and the computer and actually talk to each other. Even the stressful conversations about things like money go better when we are open and honest and try to discuss things when there are fewer distractions. It's too easy to simply exist in the same house without actually connecting. When we tune into each other instead of everything else, it brings us much closer and helps us realize we are more in love now than the day we got married. And that's saying something!
- —Guest Kristi
Keep it New
- I read a study about marital satisfaction. It compared 3 groups: for one group, it was "business as usual". The second group was "do something you like doing together" (go to a movie, go out to dinner etc). The third group was the "do something new" group -- take tango lessons, take an online course together -- do something you wouldn't normally do that's a bit of a challenge. At the end of the study, the group that had to push themselves showed the most significant increase in marital satisfaction. They'd taken on a challenge together and even if they hadn't particularly liked the challenge, just doing something new together brought them closer.
- —Guest Susan
Just Do It
- I truly believe sex is the glue that holds relationships together. Sex is just the thing for reminding you why you're there, a great stress-reliever (good for any marriage), and releases all the happy-brain chemicals that make you feel loving toward one another. When you have a good sex life, it makes all those little annoyances much less important.
- —Guest Natalie
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