 To make your marriage happy you need these different qualities › Sensitive, Empathic, loving, Positive, Trustworthy, Caring, Giving, Flexible, Thoughtful  To make it harder for you to be happy avoid these › Self-centered, insensitive, rigid, unwilling to change, unreasonable

 Age at marriage › Its better to make a commitment after your teen years, and when you fully develop you maturity  Stuff you have in common › Similar backgrounds like interests, values, and goals  Researchers who have studied marriage relationship have formed a principle called homogamy › Which means people who have many similarities, or much in common are more likely to have a satisfying marriage

 Racial Differences › People often marry other in the same race because they are likely to have more in common › Others would attract to different race because there love for each other will help the relationship

 This is a important factor for the relationship  They share their thoughts, feelings and inner desires  They need to accept the others thoughts or feelings › If not there relationship wont be strong or wont grow  Trust is something that is good to communicate and build the relationship

 Some people want to marry because they like being together › They do this because they think that if they married there feelings would stay the same forever

 An engagement is the final stage in dating process leading to marriage.  Planning for Married living › You have to make many decisions as they live on there own.  Breaking an Engagement › Couples break an engagement for many reasons. › Or if one of the couples doubts the relationship

 There are different conflicts that the married couple will go through › Hostility—they don’t settle conflicts and don’t agree on solutions › Concession—when one spouse gives in to the other rather than working to reach a joint agreement › Accommodation—is when a spouse agrees to accept and live with his or her partner’s differences

 There are different kind of adjustments › Interpersonal—the changes they make as they learn to live with each other › Pair—thinking of we instead of just yourself  Accepting habits is important because you wont get irritated with one another  Talking about the problem and finding a solution is a good way to make the relationship stronger

 They help one another with the environment they will live around, and each other friends. › Also if they are having problems they can get out side assistance. › Friends and family can also help with problems.