A partnership is a bond that we must nurture and care for all the time. In its life cycle, there are also individual periods that present challenges. Will our union or marriage survived or failed?!
These are important stages in relation to to the marriage, which put the partnership to the test.
The first year
The first year of the relationship is the one when the couple is still getting to know each other. A year that is essential for establishing a partnership routine and a daily, compatible lifestyle. After dating, when each of the partners could withdraw, now there is a life together full of compromises. Differences come to the surface, and many relationships are unable to digest them. Most couples get through this stage, others don't. Some couples find that they are not as compatible as they thought and are unable to make those compromises that benefit everyone.
Birth of a child
A child it brings many changes in the couple's life. All of a sudden, the partner is no longer in the foreground, their life is subordinated to the care and concern for the new family member. Plus, with the obvious lack of sleep. Although family times are good, life is hectic. On the one hand, it is necessary to harmonize new parental duties with work obligations, to harmonize expectations regarding finances and education. Intimacy is often lost during this period, so the couple must try to stay connected despite the turbulent waters.
7 year gap
Most couples divorce after about eight years. The partners change from the first year. The lifestyle and routines they have created no longer suit their current needs. The challenge is to upgrade the relationship so that it now meets the needs of both partners. Some couples divorce, they simply cannot find a way out of this dilemma. Others don't get divorced, but get distracted by work—or are focused on the kids and put the relationship on the back burner.
middle Ages
Children begin to leave the nest and the couple, who all this time focused only on the children, no longer know themselves as partners, only as parents. Eventually, they both realize that time is running out and that they only have 20 good years left. Do you really want to continue with this just because it's familiar?! The problems that were swept under the carpet during the seven years of the relationship are resurfacing. As many as 36 % older than 50 years are getting divorced. If they don't divorce, they can live parallel lives, one past the other.
Retirement
In the beginning, retirement is a joy for many. It takes a year or a few months to enjoy idleness or you complete everything from the list you set during your work duties. But after a few months, when the chores are done and the golfing or fishing becomes boring, one can lose the working identity that marked one's time. It makes no sense. This can also affect the relationship.
