9 Common Reasons For A Marriage Struggling In The First Year

Many things can influence the success of a marriage in its first year.  Here are some common examples of the issues and circumstance that can threaten its ability to thrive.

The first year of marriage is supposed to be the honeymoon period, isn’t it?

Well, yes. But also, no. The average couple in the UK has been together for almost five years by the time they get married, and lived together for three and a half of them. Most of us know each other pretty well by the time we say “I do”.
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Yet problems can still occur in the first year of marriage, particularly once the wedding sparkle wears off. “I had a friend who had lived one with someone for a long time, they got married and he left the next day!” says Selena Doggett-Jones, a relationship and psychosexual therapist accredited by the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. “I think there can be a panic in the commitment and what it means; a feeling of being stuck or a fear of intimacy.”

There’s a bumper crop of couples getting married in autumn 2021 and 2022 thanks to pandemic postponements – and they’ve already been through a lot of stress. But knowing about some of the most common challenges that occur in the first year of marriage can help couples get ahead.

Read the full article: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reasons-marriages-fail_uk_60ca111fe4b0e08ef7bbb458