Would you have any words to give to singles anticipating or entering into serious relationships/ thinking about marriage? Since you had taken the plunge into marriage, I just wonder if there were things that you could say to your pre-marriage self- what would it be? And if there is advice you would like to give to others?
Why would you want marriage advice from people who are failures at marriage? Do you expect that they learned a lesson? Only blank slates are good at learning. You should be asking advice from people who have had long successful marriages. You should study the Bible and follow its instructions for marriage. I mean really follow it, and not be one of these hypocrites who say they follow Christ but are busy bending and breaking His Word.
Arwen, I would have loved to answer your thread.
But obviously, we all need to hear what a perfect and sinless married person has to say instead.
Please, Take It Away, Perfect Married Person!!! You Officially Have The Floor.
We all eagerly await for you to tell us how you've so perfectly followed God's principles and how the rest of us can follow in your footsteps.
My husband moved out without telling me anything about his plans while I was at work. I came home to a house that had been half-emptied out. A few weeks later, I received divorce papers in the mail. The last time he spoke to me was at our court date, and some time after that, came out publicly with the girl he had left me for.
I heard many years later (this was 1999) the he remarried and has children with his current wife.
But I know that won't matter to you.
So please, tell me how I can have a perfect marriage like you.
This is a perfect example of the many times in my life I have wanted to slam the door on Christianity and never look back, even though it's all I've known since the time I arrived into my adopted family.
I would guess that would probably accuse me of coming from a long line of divorces--and that is not true. I am the only divorce within my immediate family. Everyone else, including my younger brothers, have been married anywhere from 8-64 years.
The difference is, their spouses actually wanted to stay with them.