It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail. I'm a big advocate of therapy and third-party intervention.
I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.
Take this marriage thing seriously - it has to last all the way to the divorce.
Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before you've clearly seen things from the biter's point of view - you're re-bounded to fail again!
It's important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship.
One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.
I believe that anybody who gets married should go to a counselor for months before the wedding. I think that's going to save guys a lot of money and the ladies a lot of heartbreak.
Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn't be a strain. Life has strains in it, and he's the person I want to strain with.