Knee Deep in the Hooah!

The following is an excerpt to an article posted at AllMilitary. If you get to read the whole post, please share with the other readers what your own secrets to a happy and healthy marriage are. I love to hear from others about what they do and what they have found that works! Strength in numbers!!

Building a Strong Marriage:

December 15th, 2008, by Claire

The statistics are out and the speculations are flying about military marriages. Recent research shows that divorce rates are on the rise in the military. Does this mean that military life contributes to divorce? There are those who would like to assert that possibility. Although military life does, most definitely, add to the stresses of family life there is a lot of research that shows that it’s not merely the outside influences that impact a marriage, but a lot of the contributing factors are what goes on under the roof of the home.

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We know what contributes to divorce, but we also need to know what can make our marriage stronger. It seems the literature is mostly geared toward divorce prevention instead of marriage building. There are some people who can stay married and still have a very empty relationship, so preventing a divorce is just that. Prevention does not equate promoting a vital and healthy relationship.  READ more