No Time for Marriage

No Time for Marriage.

 When childrearing and life get in the way of marriage.

Question:

My husband and I have been married 14 years, have four children and are so overwhelmed. Between shuttling the kids, homework, I feel like my marriage is non-existent. My husband tells me it’s normal at this stage but my mother tells me to do something about it. Where do I begin?

Answer:

First of all, listen to your mother. You’re husband is right, it is normal. Then again, the majority of married people are not happily married, so sadly, normal or average isn’t the way to go in this area. This “stage” called childrearing doesn’t end for many years to come, if ever. Marriages that wait until the kids are older often find that they are so emotionally separated by the time kids are older, repairing the marriage is commonly beyond their grasp.

In my upcoming book, Connect to Love, I prove through my research that couples who