Since February is the Month of Love…there will be a love passed around this blog this month! I was reading a few writing prompts for this month, and one of them said “the best marriage advice you have received” and instead of writing about mine, I took to Facebook to ask my friends , “What is the best Marriage Advice You Received,”
As you keep reading you will see that I got an overwhelming response from my friends and fans on Facebook!
Being married you often run into people that have the same advice for you, but some of these pieces of advice I have never heard…but its good info!!!
Communication is key regardless how challenging the conversation.
Pick Your Battles
~Denise Sumbry
The “D” word is not an Option.
~Carla Kennerly
Dont Go to Bed Angry
~Christina Bahr
Keep people out of your Business!!!
Focus on making yourself SO happy instead of going tit for tat or arguing about what makes u happy
~Tamirra Harris
Learn how to agree to disagree on non life-changing topics.
Candace Kimble-Johnson
Make the bed everyday, it shows respect to your marriage bed and that you care about where your husband lays his head
~Penny Chevalley
The best piece of advice that I’ve ever received was “marriage is not a one-size-fits-all deal”.
What works in one marriage doesn’t work for all.
~Cherith Flueker
Be on the same accord with decisions & discipline with the children.
Don’t allow them to put you against each other, they will try it.
Make time just for the two of you!
~Renee J. Batts (my mom)
In a marriage you are only going to get 80 percent of what you need so just make sure you are giving your best 80 percent. Have faith in each other. Both of you can’t fall out of love at the same time because when you have been married for a long time you don’t always love your spouse but if only one has fallen out of love there is a chance that the marriage can survive anything.
~La-Trice Batts
Make sure there are only three people in your marriage; you, him, and God. No one else needs a place! Remember the things that made you fall in love in those times when you don’t want to be in love or do the work that it takes!
~Chandra Johnson
Have Date Nights.
Set a timer when you are discussing challenging things. That way one can’t take over the conversation. And teaches each one to listen without being anxious to speak. Repeat back what the other says to confirm you understand.
~Kimberly Peterson
Well, I know this might not qualify but I didn’t get much advice. But my husband and I said at the beginning of our marriage that we were in a competition to “out serve each other”. This competition is alive and well today!
~LaShunda McClain
Honestly I got no advice… none that I could remember at least. But I’ve learned to fight for my marriage, and that next to loving Christ, the best thing I can do for my children is to love my husband, imperfections & all.
~Kimberly Ann Patterson
Simple but Powerful…Choose your Battles
People always say a relationship is 50/50 but it should be 100/100. Always give your best.
~Cynthia Tatum Robinson
Pray together=Stay together.
Love like you want to be loved with out expectations.
Love like you want to be loved with out expectations.
Send out true love and it will return to you if your love one truly cares.
God FIRST!
God FIRST!
~Ajia Coleman
Always give each other your all. Always be best friends. Never stop giving each other compliments and always try new things together. It keeps the relationship alive.
~Pamela Briggs
Simple..PRAY TOGETHER. Marriage is a God given unit and he should be at the center.
Take God out of the marriage and you no longer have a marriage.
~Crystal Oliver Swiggett
Mine was from an older woman with 30+ years in her marriage. She told not to expect 100% all the time. Sometimes all a person can offer for the day is 10%. But don’t take it personal. It’s made days go by easier knowing that some days just are blah and others are awesome. Everyone has their days, men and women, both good and bad. Basically take them one day at a time.
~Chanell Boyd
Set the tone and atmosphere in your home. Respect the man you fell in love with and accept nothing less than respect from him. If it’s a Christian home there should be more praying together than swearing at one another. It’s a home, a safe haven, your castle so there is absolutely no place for street behavior in your place of refuge. Remember this is your BEST friend and there’s nothing you won’t do to make him/her feel special and more important than others. God first, you second, spouse third, children fourth, and everyone else. This is the divine order of a household whose members serve The Lord.
~Tracy Johnson
What is the best piece of Marriage Advice you have received???
