There are over 2 million divorces every year. If your marriage is lacking spark or you just can’t seem to get it right, Amy Waterman can help you re-ignite the passion and connection in your relationship. Learn how to finally resolve those painful conflicts and put an end to the stony silences or awkward body language between the two of you.

Most people who divorce don’t want to be divorced, they really just want to be in a relationship where they feel nurtured and valued!
This is probably not the first time you’ve thought about taking action to save the marriage.  Most of us find a way to avoid facing the problems and just “soldier on” again, hoping that they’ll fix themselves.  If you’ve thought about it before or not, now is the time to take action.  If you really believe you’ve done everything you can to save your marriage, {of which we don’t believe there is anything as such}then maybe it’s time to walk away, but if you haven’t, then this is a great resource for you to create the possibility for love, support and nurturing that your relationship once was, and can be again…

For most of us, there is more we can do to have the supportive, nurturing and satisfying relationship we desire and deserve!
Don’t end up leaving and then spend a lifetime of regret – wishing you’d done more to save your marriage.

PART ONE –
Family scholars have identified a number of conditions that have reshaped young people’s notions of marriage. The extension of schooling beyond the teen years, the liberalization of sexual behavior, the availability of reliable methods of contraception, changing gender roles, the threat of divorce, and the option to remain single are but a few of the significant influences affecting the timing and attractiveness of marriage. To be sure, young people have a great deal more discretion about whether or not to marry; yet the proportion opting for marriage is hardly different from it was at the beginning of the last century (Fussell and Furstenberg 2004 ). Increasingly, young people whom we refer to as “marriage planners” are inclined to regard marriage as developmental process which progresses over time and is tested by real-life circumstances. A small minority, whom we label “marriage drifters,” continue to think of marriage as inevitable and a natural outcome of an early and untested relationship. The drifters are inclined to regard marriage as a “promise” of future commitment, the planners see marriage as the celebration of a commitment that is already established and time tested.

Undoubtedly for many educated middle- and upper- class young men and women, delaying marriage until personal and professional goals are achieved is a rational response given the reality of what is currently required to qualify for a well-paying and stable job.(Axinn and Thornton 2000) For those in the bottom two thirds of society, getting married has surely become more problematic, especially for those with very limited education and earnings. (Edin and Kefalas 2005, Gibson, Edin, and MacLanahan forthcoming, MacLanahan 2004 ) Couples appear to be more discerning about whether marriage will indeed improve their economic and social fortunes. Accordingly, they have resorted to delay and temporary unions until their prospects are clarified. (Smock 2000, Smock 2004, Smock, Manning and Porter 2005) And, to be sure, a minority will probably never make the transition to formal marriage at all.

Does this mean that commitment to marriage is weakening or merely shifting to a later point in the life course? Of course, answering this question involves projecting current behaviors into the future, always a problematic exercise. In doing so, it is useful to probe in more depth about the way that young adults of marriageable age are thinking about the reasons for and against marriage. This article goes beyond the confines of census and survey data to explore the way that young adults are thinking about marriage. It draws evidence from a large, qualitative study sponsored by the MacArthur Network on Adult Transitions, a diverse population of several hundred men and women in their twenties and early thirties who are currently navigating the passage to adulthood. We examine the ways that social class, community context, ethnic background, and gender are linked to how young adults construct their hopes and expectations for relationships, whether marriage is a likely prospect in their future, and, if so, the conditions under which they foresee entering into matrimony. Within a social world where young people do not have to marry if they want to engage in post marital affairs like child bearing and living together... you’ll need these ;
Identify the crisis

•    e.g unresolved conflicts
•    extra-marital affairs
•    lack of intimacy
•    excessive fighting
•    ineffective or not enough communication
•    not enough quality time for busy schedules
•    a suffocating partner
•    children issues
•    trial separations
•    and many more complex and difficult situations
Does any of this sound familiar? I strongly believe that with the right information, virtually anyone can have the marriage of their dreams because I've seen first hand what works.

In part two series I'll tell you how to save a marriage... chao