1. The 4 A’s of a Successful Marriage PART 17
The 4 A’s of a
Successful Marriage
PART 1

2. Everybody wants to be happy in marriage.

3. Why Happy in Marriage? Marriage produces great joy or sadness
Marriage builds self-worth
Marriage partners are hard to find
Marriage creates pressure to succeed
Marriage of parents as a model
Marriage is the way to happiness
Marriage represents happiness

4. Marriage Survey 50% of marriages – Failed
25% of marriages – Compromise
15% of marriages – Satisfied
10% of marriages – very happy

5. Things that change when you marry:
A New Legal Status
A New Relationship
A New Identity
A New Role
A New Family

6. When people are unhappy in marriage, it is in the area of change that the root of their problems lie.

7. THE SECRET Marriage can and do get better with time.

8. Marriages, by design, must improve from where they begin or else they die.

9. Elements of Romantic Love
Sexual attraction

10. Elements of Romantic Love
Sexual attraction
Similar interests

11. Elements of Romantic Love
Sexual attraction
Similar interests
Idealism