Does Weight Gain Affects Marriage

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The Effects of Marriage How does weight gain affect marriage? Marriage changes over time but should the weight have too. In a marriage the couple is supposed to build together and trust each others opinions. As the couple builds together they no longer feel the need to impress or the need to be skinny to attract a mate, but gaining weight can be a risk for their marriage and their health. Weight gain can happen when one of the spouses is a stay at home parent and having to give all of their attention to the child and less on themselves. Weight gain can be disastrous for a marriage but on the other hand a marriage could be strong enough to give people the courage to lose weight; therefore, marriage can be very beneficial to the health of the couple. In marriage, weight gain is a major epidemic when it comes to divorce. When a couple gets married they are drawn to each other. They are in love with how the other person looks, and if one or both spouses gain weight they feel less and less attracted to each other. In the article “Could Your Weight Be Messing …show more content…

When one partner is trying to lose weight they need to communicate with the other partner so that they can help and support them in the decision they are making. In the article “My Problem With Her Anger” by Eric Bartels, Bartels often talks about how his wife addresses him with anger and frustration instead of just talking to him. In marriage, frustration and anger are both common emotions which can lead to arguments, disagreements, and it may just cause a bigger mess than before. In the article “Three couples reveal how losing weight also meant losing their marriage” Mrs. Harrison decided to lose weight and as her diet changed so did her and her husbands food interests. After Mrs. Harrison found out that she would have difficulty having kids her husband turned to food for comfort. Before Mrs. Harrison had made the

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