Tips for a successful marriage

Every person aspires to has a good partner who understands and loves him, and hopes to

build a successful lifelong family. Now a days the percentage of divorce is increasing everyday due to many reasons, and this should be resolved because it will affect the society negatively. So what are some tips to have a successful and lifelong marriage?

1. Create your own rituals: it could be as simple as making your husband a coffee in the morning. Whatever you choose, a couples ritual is a way to connect with your partner in the madness of a busy life. The comfort of little rituals are trust giving, safety maintaining, and love enhancing.
2. Learn to communicate: so being able to talk openly with your partner is a sign of a strong marriage.
3. Respect and affection: you need to treat each other preciously. And make sure that your partner understands your message and work out what you both need then try to accommodate each other.
4. Avoid treason and jealousy.
5. You don't have to like every quality your partner has:  because you won't be able to change them.
6. Decide as a couple how you are going to compromise: try to find a middle ground that fits both of you.
7.  Stick to the present: don't bring up old conflicts or things that went wrong in the past and that will reopen old wounds.
8. Don't interrupt: let your partner finish a thought, listen respectfully to know what the other is feeling instead of just shooting them down.
9. Create a world that the two of you share: you should have things to do together and you enjoy them such as having friends to visit or liking each other's jobs.
10. Be flexible with gender roles.
11.  Make couple time especially when there are children.
12. Be an optimist: think positively of your marriage.