Whether you are planning to get married, or already forming a couple, you may be wondering how to cope with marital challenges and have a happy marriage.

How to have a happy marriage

“I have always said to myself that marriage is the most interesting thing in life because it decides our happiness or misery,” George Washington wrote to a friend over 200 years ago.”. Apparently, the experience of the generations who have since married has not changed much.

There are all kinds of conflicting ideas circulating about what marriage should be. However, no matter what our opinions, the latter always comes down to joining two beings with different personalities, experiences, preconceptions, and visions of the future, and making them a couple.

Getting two beings to become intimately linked in life is already a challenge. But when the pressures of their respective careers, finances, children, aging parents, and the like add to the mix, marriage can end up looking like a pressure cooker.

With so many current marital unions suffering from bitter failures, one is entitled to wonder if the modern marriage will survive. If you are planning to get married, are there several things you should think about so that you can give your future marriage the maximum chance of success? If you are married, but things are not going very well between you, can your union be saved and possibly revitalized? If your union is strong, can it be improved, strengthened, and developed even further?

These topics are discussed in this section on relationships. We want to help couples improve their married life and experience true happiness.