The Importance Of Marriage Intimacy

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In many different lessons we discussed communication and all of the other topics are based off of communication. Talking to your spouse and sharing your feelings will help you both to meet each others needs. How we communicate with our spouse will have a large impact on marital happiness and satisfaction. Having good listening skills will help to improve your communication. A technique that I could use to improve my future marriage is the speaker listener technique. This technique will help my spouse and I to listen more diligently to what the other person is saying rather than preparing to respond. This technique will improve our understanding of how the other person is feeling. This concept could help to create a successful marriage. The …show more content…

Communicating and working together will improve your sexual satisfaction in your marriage. There is a lot of pressure and expectations to have sex on your wedding night. It’s important to talk to your spouse ahead of time and go at your own speed. Sex is a sacred act that is meant for reproduction and to bring you closer to your spouse. The best way to improve your marital satisfaction is through your spouse.
This concept could be used in my future marriage to improve our connection and be understanding when my spouse or I are not interesting in having sex. It can be a sensitive topic when one spouse is wanting to have sex and the other is not. It’s important to be able to politely decline. We will also think of sex as an act of love rather the lust. This principle must be applied to marriages in order for them to be successful, because it will improve connection and understanding.
“The greatest resource to help you improve your love life is your spouse.”(Ogletree and Brinley)
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It’s important to understand your partners history and expectations before getting married. Learning about your spouse’s history and about what they want in a future will help you to be able to know if you have similar expectations. Knowing the qualities that you would like to incorporate in your family will give you a greater knowledge of what to expect in a future. Being able to talk about rules or goals for your family is very beneficial to your future. I will use this principle in my future marriage by talking over my family history and expectations in a future. I will discuss future traditions and parenting styles with my spouse and we will create our own together. This principle must be applied to for a marriage to be successful, because understanding your spouse’s family dynamics will help you to understand what they hope to have in a future. It will also help you to understand the reasoning behind their feelings on certain

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