Relationships: Everything You Need To Know Before You Get Married

The US Census Bureau reports that 53% of marriages in America end in divorce and the risk of divorce increases with each successive marriage. The primary reason couples get divorced is due to a lack of knowledge. We don’t fail in life and love because of what we know. We fail because of what we don’t know. The average person does not know that there is a difference between getting married and becoming married. Getting married is a one day event whereas becoming married is a 3-5 year process depending on the maturity level of the couple. The average person does not know that the first two requirements for a successful marriage are: death and change. A couple must die to their single lives and change their single person ways in order to become married. Most of the arguments, fights, and struggles that occur during the first 5 years of marriage are the product of one or both people refusing to die to their single life or change their single person ways. Relationships: Everything You Need to Know Before You Get Married shares information that couples need to build a happy marriage. And it provides a healthy framework on which to begin a marriage so that it does not end in divorce.