3/19/12

Unmet Expectations: How to avoid them in Marriage

By Alex Shant


Marriage is a very important part of a man and a woman's life. It is the period to a long life of singleness and being dependent to your parents while it is a start of a future on your own with a new partner. Before men and women get married, they usually enumerate their goals as a couple. They dictate dreams and ideals together; having a wonderful house or a condominium, having a awesome car and having children that look good with a good school so the both of you can fetch them.

However, not all marriage would end up the way we wanted. In fact, most of marriage to not end up as expected. Instead of having that wonderful house fully furnished with great furniture's, bed and the gazebo, you end up in a place renting while your salary wasted on bills because of too many loans. Instead of having the luxurious car you have always wanted, you end up a major commuter riding a train to work. Instead of having children, you end up without babies while your husband is put meddling around with other women.

Expectations are worst when broken and false. It forms into a whole so dark that not even the most compacted cement can close it. It is for this reason that men and women should avoid giving to many expectations before marriage. The only way to avoid not meeting expectations is to not give expectations at all. It is particularly okay to have dreams and wish for things in the future but never promise too much to your partner or give him high hopes. Same as true with men, never promise a better life to your women especially if you know that these dreams are very hard to get. Stay clenched to the ground as you plan your future ahead of you.

Another thing that you can also do to avoid not meeting expectations is to show your partner that you are a simple man or woman. Thinking too much about material things will give him an impression that you want nice things and that he should give you nice things, too. But when he cannot give you nice things, you end up being sad because you expected him to give you nice things.

The most important thing is to be superficial in things. Limit the wants and focus on the needs. This will make your life easier as a couple.




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