10 Memories To Save Your Marriage

In the modern world, life is getting stressful by the minute. As the stress mounts in our lives, it affects our personal relationships, mainly our marriage. Once upon a time, marriages would hold strong through good times and bad. But now, it is becoming increasingly difficult to save marriages from crumbling.

We always have the option to walk out of a marriage but that is not the choice anybody wants to make voluntarily; not unless the marriage is abusive. So, when you are really pushed to the brink, what is it that actually saves a marriage? Is it love, understanding, fear or something more quintessential than all these? Actually, we are hinted at memories of the happy times in your relationship.

Every marriage is happy atleast for certain periods of time. The best memories of you and your partner as a happy couple can actually save your marriage in the times of distress. When your spouse has really hurt you or humiliated you, all you want to do is retaliate or get away from the relationship altogether. At such dire times, rewind your best memories together.

It could be the album of your wedding, your honeymoon pictures or any other trinket from your courtship days that remind you of happier times. The emotional impact of staring at the happy days in photographs is huge. Memories can save your marriage because they tell you that your partner was not always hurtful or mean. You have also had good times together.

Here is a menagerie of the best memories that can save your marriage in bad times.

First Date

First Date

The first time you set your eyes on each other or felt attracted is a very special memory.

Becoming Friends

Becoming Friends

Friendship or having fun together is a very important part of a relationship. It is the best time of your courtship to remember in your bad days.

Falling In Love

Falling In Love

There is a point at which you realise you are in love. This romantic phase in your life can still make you blush.

First Intimate Moment

First Intimate Moment

It could be your first kiss or losing your virginity; this moment of togetherness will stay with you forever.

The Proposal

The Proposal

When he or she pops the question and takes you by surprise! It is a moment worth recording.

Wedding Shopping

Wedding Shopping

The whole affair of planning the wedding, shopping and making arrangements is an exciting part of your love life.

The D-Day

The D-Day

Finally the day we all dread but also secretly desire, your wedding day! Your memories of this day can keep your marriage going for years if you have taken your vows seriously.

Honeymoon Travels

Honeymoon Travels

The most beautiful vacation of your life is obviously your honeymoon. Couples usually take pictures of every clickable moment of their honeymoon.

First Makeup After A Fight

First Makeup After A Fight

Squabbles are bound to happen after marriage but your first fight is special. The way you makeup after the quarrel is even more memorable.

Becoming Parents

Becoming Parents

This is a moment that seals the bond between a couple. From being two people, you get one word, parents.

Story first published: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 15:42 [IST]