Understanding Marriage and Common Challenges Faced
Marriage is a socially accepted commitment that deepens intimate relationships between partners, involving love, responsibility, and family life. Various forms of marriages like monogamy, polygyny, and companionate marriages exist, each with its rules and dynamics. However, common issues such as lack of time together, infertility, spouse problems, and family conflicts can arise, affecting marital bliss. Couples face challenges like limited preparation for marriage, changing gender roles, and loss of identity, impacting their adjustment and happiness in marriage.
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What is marriage all about? Marriage is a long term socially accepted commitment and helps the individual in having deepened intimate relationship Marriage is a union of man and woman their bodies, minds and souls, emotions and desires. The essence of this union is love. Marriage is considered to be a primary relationship, because it is a personal relationship between the partners.
Marriage It is an institutions which admits men and women to family life socially permitted to They are have children It consists of the rules and regulations which define rights, duties and privileges of spouses, with respect to each other .
Forms of Marriages One Wife, many husbands: (Polyandry) One husband, many wives (Polygyny) One man, one wife (Monogamy) Companionate Marriage(Marriage my be dissolved by mutual consent) Experimental Marriage (Staying together before marriage) Exogamy: Marriage outside the clan/kinship Endogamy: Marriage within the same caste
Issues in Marriage Lack of Spending Time Together: As the life is becoming busier than ever, the lack of communication is bound to occur due to this too-busy lifestyle. Infertility: In a husband-wife relationship, when basic human needs are not fulfilled, differences are bound to occur.
Spouse Problem Three types of spouses cause a serious threat for a happy marriage, 1. Cheating spouse, 2. Nagging spouse and 3. Suspicious spouse.
Family Problems Family planning, Taking care of the children, In-laws, Financial problems, Religious differences
Cntd.. Limited preparation for marriage like lack of sex information, Lack of skills in domestic activities, Child rearing, Getting along with in-laws and Money management.
Cntd.. Roles in marriage for both men and women have changed Early marriage and parenthood deprives them of the opportunity Losing one s identity to the other has been found to be barrier to marital adjustment
Cntd is Interpersonal inevitable for a better marital adjustment Effective communication is also inevitable to establish intimacy satisfaction. Sexual Adjustment Financial Adjustment relationship skill and marital
What makes healthy relationship Staying involved with each other Getting through conflict Keeping relationships & interests alive Communicating Be sensitive to what your partner likes
Class Exercise I feel I am a wonderful partner Strong foundation of love, affection, kindness and sacrifice No selfishness Before demanding think that whether you deserve the same Are you capable of giving similar kind of love, affection, kindness You must love the concept of marriage Share everything with your friends but not privacy
