Comments on: 5 Steps to a Solid Relationship http://dailysarcast.com/2009/11/5-steps-to-a-solid-relationship/ Fixing Life's Little Problems 1 Laugh At A Time Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:01:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: shannon http://dailysarcast.com/2009/11/5-steps-to-a-solid-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-69952 shannon Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:14:05 +0000 http://dailysarcast.com/?p=364#comment-69952 Thank you Jen! I think we can get through anything if we set our minds to it. My Aunt Robin gave me a highly sound piece of advice several years ago. She said "You can change men, and likewise you will change problems. Every relationship has problems. So, you can work on the ones you have, or you can get a whole new set and work on those. Either way, you're going to be working on problems - so pick the problems you're willing to work on and stick with them." Thank you Jen! I think we can get through anything if we set our minds to it. My Aunt Robin gave me a highly sound piece of advice several years ago. She said “You can change men, and likewise you will change problems. Every relationship has problems. So, you can work on the ones you have, or you can get a whole new set and work on those. Either way, you’re going to be working on problems – so pick the problems you’re willing to work on and stick with them.”

]]> By: jennifer s. http://dailysarcast.com/2009/11/5-steps-to-a-solid-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-69923 jennifer s. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:16:24 +0000 http://dailysarcast.com/?p=364#comment-69923 This is all great advice and it especially helps that you were so open about weathering major storms in your relationship... not just "so-and-so won't take out the trash," but big-deal stuff like infidelity and serious illness. It goes to show that (although I don't think all relationships are worth saving just for the sake of saving them... naturally this becomes much more complicated and serious when kids are involved), it is possible--if the relationship is worth it--to work through really terrible things that society tells us must be absolute dealbreakers. It sounds like you have a great marriage and I appreciate your sharing some of what makes it great. This is all great advice and it especially helps that you were so open about weathering major storms in your relationship… not just “so-and-so won’t take out the trash,” but big-deal stuff like infidelity and serious illness. It goes to show that (although I don’t think all relationships are worth saving just for the sake of saving them… naturally this becomes much more complicated and serious when kids are involved), it is possible–if the relationship is worth it–to work through really terrible things that society tells us must be absolute dealbreakers.

It sounds like you have a great marriage and I appreciate your sharing some of what makes it great.

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