Marriage foreclosures have nearly identical causes as the recent housing crisis. If you put nothing down in your marriage and make interest only payments to your spouse--it is only a matter of time when your marriage will be upside-down in its equity and foreclose. Just as people have to be faithful to paying their monthly mortgage payment--usually for thirty years-- so spouses have to keep investing in their marriage. As homeowners are not allowed to miss a single payment--neither are you as a spouse. If you do, your marital credit rating will suffer and your marital equity will soon disappear.
What kind of payments does your marriage require? The answer is the same as when you first dated. You invested time and gave each other attention, consideration and lots of affection. Your spouse still needs the same. A marriage will foreclose if it misses these payments.
If you quit investing in your marriage, it’s time to renew some original habits. What did you used to do for each other when you first married? Usually it was the little things that mattered--and still matter. A phone call to say "I was thinking about you" can make your wife's day better. A kiss at the door can make him glad to be home. Patience, forgiveness, consideration, and respect all matter too. All these are simple, they don't cost money, but they always increase your love.
After five years or fifty, your marriage should have more equity than when it first begun.
As the government is spending trillions of dollars to bail out this economy, how much are you spending to invest in your marriage or to bail it out? If you're not sure where to start, here is a million dollar suggestion. Ask your spouse for a list of ten things (preferably in writing) that don't cost money but make him or her feel like a million bucks. Consider this list as your own marriage stimulus package. Do these things daily and your marital equity will never stop growing.
What kind of payments does your marriage require? The answer is the same as when you first dated. You invested time and gave each other attention, consideration and lots of affection. Your spouse still needs the same. A marriage will foreclose if it misses these payments.
If you quit investing in your marriage, it’s time to renew some original habits. What did you used to do for each other when you first married? Usually it was the little things that mattered--and still matter. A phone call to say "I was thinking about you" can make your wife's day better. A kiss at the door can make him glad to be home. Patience, forgiveness, consideration, and respect all matter too. All these are simple, they don't cost money, but they always increase your love.
After five years or fifty, your marriage should have more equity than when it first begun.
As the government is spending trillions of dollars to bail out this economy, how much are you spending to invest in your marriage or to bail it out? If you're not sure where to start, here is a million dollar suggestion. Ask your spouse for a list of ten things (preferably in writing) that don't cost money but make him or her feel like a million bucks. Consider this list as your own marriage stimulus package. Do these things daily and your marital equity will never stop growing.
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