by Gabby Bugwadia

Created on: March 09, 2010   Last Updated: December 04, 2010

Marriage is a serious commitment; it needs sustenance amongst other things and a  lot of maintenance from both the partners. Most married couples today are faced with issues arising out of bad habits from one or both the spouses. Bad habits can be annoying and irritating and when allowed to grow unhindered, they can hurt your spouse and ruin your marriage.  

Couples having bad habits can ruin their marriage if these habits are allowed to escalate and not nipped in the bud. Partners in marriage who take their marriage seriously and spare no effort in making sure that their bad habits are modified or rectified as early as possible, can definitely save their marriage from ruin. How true it is that bad habits do surface when the initial novelty of marriage wears off!

Let us consider some of the bad habits that can significantly ruin your marriage:-

~ Demeaning habits can lead to serious consequence

Research indicates that undesirable behavior from your spouse can steadily creep on you as annoyingly unacceptable habits. Some examples of these behaviors are: making embarrassing and humiliating remarks about one's spouse; constant criticizing or nagging; being bossy or disrespectful, drinking and flirting at social functions.

These demeaning habits could lead to serious consequences; it clearly demonstrates lack of respect and sensitivity to the feelings of your spouse.

~Bad habits that trigger a negative impact

Horrific bad habits like compulsive gambling, alcohol and drug abuse are one of the leading causes of marriage failure and divorce. As with many other bad habits, gambling has a real negative impact on family life leading to serious financial problems, domestic violence and child abuse.

Generally, these bad habits open the gateway to other bad habits as well; habits like smoking, promiscuous behavior, indifference to the spouse's needs, lying and cheating and increased bouts of self-centeredness could all trigger a negative impact.

~Annoying minor habits can add

Certain habits of your spouse, though claimed to be minor in comparison, could be aggravating too-especially when practiced on a daily basis. Indolence and lack of personal hygiene could be disgusting to your spouse; also burping at a dinner table, nose-picking and nail-biting in public, are all behaviors indicating total lack of manners and consideration of others.

These could be a major turn off for your spouse and may lead to indifference or worse still- anger at these unpleasant manifestations. Eventually, these bad habits could cause a serious negative impact on your relationship and ruin the sanctity of your marriage.

~ Conclusion

Marriage is a partnership between two people deeply caring and sacrificing for each other. Its functionality is ruined when it turns out to be simply one-way. Bad habits tend to rob the core element of "love" from the partnership of marriage. No relationship can survive and blossom without this vital element; it is then, that the seeds of doubts, jealousy, mistrust and possessiveness are sown.

If you want to save your marriage from ruin, banish your bad habits before it's too late!

Let us not forget that a good marriage thrives on a strong commitment made by both partners. 

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