Five ways to take charge of your marriage

1.       If you are unhappy about your marriage or your spouse, talk with them about it in a positive way, not trying to change them but to come up with solutions to the problems in a positive direction. 1.       Take care of yourself in your marriage, if you have gained weight or stopped caring about the way you look then this is selfish to your spouse.  Regardless of being a man or women in a marriage both spouses should never let themselves go and expect that the other person because you are now married is still sexually attracted to you.  Get healthy and make it a point to look nice for your partner. 1.       Sexual intimacy is the glue that keeps the marriage together and defines it as a marriage and not just a friendship.  Sex is supposed to be fun, passionate, sexy and loving.  Make the time to share passionate sex with your spouse. View the list »
1.       Understand that marriage takes work like any other relationship.  Create a date night for the two of you each and every week.  Spend that time together doing something that you both enjoy. 

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Have you lost your way in your marriage?

After a time a marriage can become the least important priority in your life. This sadly affects more than 60% of all marriages over time, causing people to lose sight of why they got married in the first place. The marriage takes a back seat to paying the bills, taking care of the children, functions, extended family, friends.

When a person decides to get married it is because they want to spend the rest of their lives with the other person. There is love, passion, devotion, friendship that is greater than surviving on your own without them. You devote yourself to this other person, not only that you vow to be faithful so this one person you will also only have sex with the rest of your life.

To some people this sounds like the most wonderful way to live out the rest of their lives and to others it can be a death sentence. Take charge of your marriage again so that your marriage becomes a priority filled with love, devotion and passion.

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  • 1.       Understand that marriage takes work like any other relationship.  Create a date night for the two of you each and every week.  Spend that time together doing something that you both enjoy. 
  • 1.       Sexual intimacy is the glue that keeps the marriage together and defines it as a marriage and not just a friendship.  Sex is supposed to be fun, passionate, sexy and loving.  Make the time to share passionate sex with your spouse. 
  • 1.       Take care of yourself in your marriage, if you have gained weight or stopped caring about the way you look then this is selfish to your spouse.  Regardless of being a man or women in a marriage both spouses should never let themselves go and expect that the other person because you are now married is still sexually attracted to you.  Get healthy and make it a point to look nice for your partner. 
  • 1.       If you are unhappy about your marriage or your spouse, talk with them about it in a positive way, not trying to change them but to come up with solutions to the problems in a positive direction. 
  • 1.       Take control over your marriage by being pro-active, don’t wait around for your spouse to make things better, make a decision that you are going to change in order to save your marriage.   
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Dawn Michael M.A Sex Therapist and Relationship Coach is passionate about helping couples and individuals to have better sex in their lives. Dawn has a B.A. degree in speech communication, an M.A. in marriage and family therapy and is a certified clinical sexologist. Dawn's counsels couples as...

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