Are you tired of fighting with your spouse about…everything? Or maybe in your house it’s just the opposite, you don’t fight, but you can cut the tension with a knife. Are you and your spouse living like roommates? But walking around with a pit in your stomach, hoping not to step on an emotional land mine?
Marriages today are struggling more than ever. Divorce is on the rise and many couples are living separate lives, even though both people desperately want to feel connected, loved, and respected. You want that “happily ever after” that you dreamed about when you said, “I do.” You just had no idea it would be this hard.
While you may feel alone in the midst of the struggle, you are not alone. Every relationship faces conflict. Conflict arises for many reasons, but every couple has conflict simply because you and your spouse are different people. In the early days, that difference was exciting, novel, and attractive. But as time goes on, those same exciting differences become friction between you.
Some conflicts are minor and frustrating, but other conflicts can be massive and totally overwhelming. There are fights over money, children, exes, and everything else. Unresolved hurts, pain, and mistrust amplifies it all and before long, even the little things feel like a massive issue, triggering harsh criticism, hurtful words, and driving a wedge.
Let me ask you, what happened to the dream in your heart when you said “I do”? Does it feel lost and out of reach?
Maybe things aren’t too far gone and you just need something to help you and your spouse find that sweet connection again.