Marriage is more of a career than any other. You need to be dedicated to it 24/7. Why? Because that is what makes it work. Have you seen houses that haven’t been painted in 30 years, no improvements at all. No lawn mowing, no fertilizers, no washed windows. These houses are not homes they are shacks. A marriage that isn’t maintained will not last. It may exist but it deteriorates just like unmaintained houses. Only faster.
Before anyone gets married there should be some type of blueprint for the life one expects to build in the relationship. The bride has a wedding planner with pictures of dresses, flowers, limo’s, cakes, rings, honeymoon destinations, shower ideas, gift registrations and tuxedos’ to name a few. But what about a marriage planner? Many brides and grooms come home from the honeymoon and look at each other and say okay what now! I think the ‘Franklin Planner’ could make a comeback if they expanded to make a marriage planner with self-help tapes/CD and all.
There shoud be a tape/CD on what to do when everything becomes quiet, no excitement and the bills from the wedding start rolling in. A self help tape of what to do when the couple realize there are three in the marriage when they used Master Card to pay for their wedding. Especially if one of them didn’t know that’s where the money came from and used Visa to pay for the honeymoon. Brother, will you be amazed how quick the rose-colored glasses start to crack when the couple realize one of them will need to moonlight, to pay for those exotic drinks that they overindulged in during those 2 weeks on their honeymoon cruise.
Every career needs education, planning and dedication. Pre-marital counseling can help prepare a couple for this “til death do we part, career.”
