And they live happily ever after …

Marriage is a lifelong commitment! A good wife or a husband should be honest, loyal and dedicated to each other. Good relationship between partners requires love, care, trust, understanding, tolerance, praises and appreciation. Above all make the best of your time together.

B. R. Ambedkar once said, “The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends”.

Daily life can be happier as it’s a matter of choice. It is our attitude that makes us feel happy or unhappy. 

Here are a few simple tips to keep your spouse happy.

1     Understanding: This relationship expects each other’s support and understanding especially in times of troubles. To be happy it is necessary to understand each other a lot. This is a basic element to live happy and healthy life with a strong relationship. 

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding, Albert Einstein

           Love and Respect: In order to grow a healthy relationship, take the initiative to show love and respect. Greet each other with smile and be courteous to your spouse, use phrases such as please, thank you, if you don’t mind …., etc. It will make your spouse feel appreciated and respected.

"I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me." - Richard Bach

   

     Trust:  A relationship with no trust is like a car without fuel, you can stay in it but you can’t go anywhere. Trust is probably the most important ingredient in building an intimate relationship between husband and wife.

  

      Communication : Communicate with each other because it is the key to a good and solid relationship. That means you are able to share things about yourself and your feelings. It also means that you also listen to what the other person would like to share. Find time to sit and talk with each other on a daily basis even if it is for only half an hour or less.

"Communication is the solvent of all problems and is the foundation for personal development." - Peter Shepherd

        Tolerance: Tolerance is another key for a strong relationship. Love and tolerance turns a man into a human being. Be able to resolve conflicts smoothly and don't argue with each other. Couples who start fights with name-calling or personal criticisms come out of control and have unhappy relationship.

“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.”-  Bryant H. McGill

        Make your spouse feel most important person: Women love to feel that they are the most important in their man's life. Make small sacrifices for her and she will love you unconditionally. Men crave for attention but never talk about it openly. Try to understand his needs from his mood and expression. This might be hard in the beginning but the more you spend time with him and make an effort to understand him, the more you will learn about his needs.

"The happiness of life is made up of the little charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment." —Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A husband is responsible for the protection and happiness of his wife. He should be kind, understanding and forgiving, and must treat his wife in a tender and loving manner. And a wife should create a home with a soft relaxing atmosphere in which she and her husband can live together smoothly, happily and enjoyably. A wife must be faithful and devoted to her husband and should take care of herself in order to appear always cheerful, charming and attractive to her husband.

The woman, who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies.

Healthy relationships bring happiness and health to our lives. Studies show that people with healthy relationships really do have more happiness and less stress.