| A man is most vulnerable during the first few | | | | that you spend enough time solidifying the |
| years of his life because he's entirely dependent | | | | foundations of your marriage. This means |
| on his parents. Innocent and helpless, without prior | | | | spending enough time with each other, doing |
| knowledge and experience to make him stand on | | | | things together and being there for each other. If |
| his own feet - literally and figuratively - he has no | | | | it's your wife's birthday, surely it ranks higher than |
| recourse but to lean on his parents. | | | | attending the monthly meeting of your Hotwheels |
| In some ways, a marriage can be exactly like | | | | Die Cast Car Association, right? Likewise, if your |
| that. In its early stages, a marriage has no years | | | | husband is inviting you to spend one whole day |
| of togetherness to rely on in times of trouble. In | | | | with him fishing, surely the exclusive company of |
| its early stages, a marriage likewise has no | | | | your husband for 24 hours is enough to give up a |
| recourse but to depend on the couple's | | | | day spent shopping. |
| relationship in order to survive. | | | | Money - Although this is a sacrifice that doesn't |
| For a couple to manage the early stages of their | | | | affect all marriages, if and when it does become a |
| marriage with their love and trust for each other | | | | factor in your marriage, remember that you |
| still intact, they must be willing to make the | | | | married each other for better or for worse and |
| following sacrifices. | | | | for richer or for poorer. |
| Priorities - A person's priorities will always have to | | | | Pride - A marriage can only work if both man and |
| be adjusted, even in the smallest of ways, when | | | | woman works together and not against each |
| he becomes part of a marriage. For a marriage to | | | | other. That also means not letting pride rule your |
| last, both persons involved must make a real | | | | actions. Pride can be a very good instigator of |
| effort to show each other and the rest of the | | | | fights and blowing things out of proportion. Don't |
| world if possible that their marriage is important | | | | let this happen especially in the early stages of |
| to them, important enough to become one of the | | | | marriages because you might not be able to undo |
| top priorities in their lives. | | | | the damage later on. |
| Time - And because the success of your | | | | And lastly, remember to pray. Even if you're |
| marriage is now a priority, it's naturally expected | | | | agnostic, surely praying wouldn't hurt? |