Jun 15, 2013 | Posted by: abi s

There is quite a bit that goes into that "happily ever after", it just does not happen. Marriage is one of the most complex of all human interactions. Many divorces occur in the early stages of marriage, simply because the people involved were not prepared for the amount of compromise that goes into a successful union. Couples spend countless hours preparing for wedding ceremony that is going to last only a few hours instead of preparing for the marriage that will last a lifetime.

Melding two lives is about more than consolidating furniture and that just may be the first of many arguments a couple will have. This one has been known to send brides running home to their parents, or at least getting someone thrown out of the bedroom. The problem is that many new couples do not have the tools and skills needed to smooth over the wrinkles and keep the spark burning. That is why many wedding officiates, wedding priest and other ceremony officials all sing the praises of wedding counseling . Here are a few of the benefits of wedding counseling so that you have a clear idea why it should be an important part of the wedding planning process.

• Believe it or not, people will take premarital counseling are 31% less likely to get divorced.

• You will gain valuable for site into the issues and situations that can occur during a marriage, and is much better to look at them before you get married than to try to fix the misunderstandings afterwords.

• What ever we might think of arranged marriages or marriages where the parents family had to approve of the union, we must admit that those marriages last. Premarital counseling is like having the benefit of the wisdom of those who go on before you, with out the dynamic of parent and child. People will listen to their parents say a thing over and over and over, but only really consider it when they hear it from someone else.

• No marriage is immune to troubles problems and irreconcilable differences. That being said, marriage counseling is not a guarantee, but it is a preventative measure.

• If you're going to be experiencing interfaith marriage premarital counseling can help clarify expectations for the marriage defined the vision each of you have of including your faith and your worship into your relationship. Identify possible future it you such as in what faith the children will be raised, then all if there will be a conversion and examine ways to overcome these obstacles.

• Learn about your in-laws. The people you're about to marry were raised by these people. It stands to reason that their parenting styles will probably be similar to what they experienced growing up. The healthy child in each of you is great, but the wounded child in each of you could present unique challenges in your marriage. Just because we progress an age does not mean that we leave our wounded child behind. We take him or her into every situation that we encounter. It is best to visit some of these past issues that will come into play later in your marriage, as early as possible.