Gallery: How To Make More Time For Your Marriage With ONLY 24 Hours In A Day!
People "grow apart" in their marriage every day. The term? It's known as a "grey divorce," and according the buzz, grey divorces are on the rise. If you’re not familiar with what those are, it’s couples who are past their 40s who’ve (usually) been married for many years and “suddenly” decide to call it “quits”. Think, couples who have been together 20, 30 and even 40 years!
If you ask a couple who’s considering a grey divorce what led them to that point, many of them would probably say “We simply grew apart.” That can happen when the demands of life take over a relationship and one day, you look up and realize you don’t really know each other anymore. That your roommates. Or worse, strangers.
If you look beneath the surface, usually the two people involved have been unhappy for many years. Sometimes they stay together because they're raising children and they want them to be on their own first. Sometimes they are scared about what the breakup would do to them financially. Sometimes they’re just plain scared of what life would look like alone.
We know that between kids, work, errands and all of the other things on your plate, making time for your marriage can seem like an impossibility. But your relationship needs nurturing as much as anything else does. If you have no clue how to find some stolen moments for your spouse, we’ve got a few helpful ideas. Ones that will hopefully keep your marriage healthy, happy and thriving for a really long time.