There's no married couple who do not encounter conflicts in their relationship.
It's normal and it happens even to those who claim to know each other very well and have been together for many long years.
Problems come and go in life but what matters is the couple finds a way to solve them and move on with their lives.
For the spouses, common marital problems involve the behavior of the other or the failure to meet emotional needs resulting in disappointment and unhappiness.
If you succeed in avoiding these, then you can be sure to enjoy a happy and rewarding marriage.
Relationship experts suggest that in order for couples to maintain a loving relationship, problems should be dealt with as quickly as possible.
Waiting for yourself to heal may only create a bigger problem.
And don't even think that keeping quiet will make the issue go away.
When you have issues with your partner, the best way to deal with it is to sit and down and discuss the problem.
Engaging in a heated argument is a no-no but talking it out in a calm manner is the most ideal thing to do.
Remember that when a person is in a less tense mood, he or she is better able to think clearly of solutions to a problem rather than when he or she is high in negative emotions such as anger and frustration.
Married couples should lower their expectations of their relationship and they can only do this through mutual understanding of each other's weaknesses and limitations.
This will then lead to a domino effect allowing the husband and the wife to accept the other's behavior, develop a willingness to fulfill his own needs and overcome his partner's past issues.
Expecting too much from your spouse often leads to frustration but if you avoid this behavior, you allow yourself to take your other half as he or she is and learn to live with him or her moving forward.
A study entitled "The Mathematics of Marital Conflict" also showed how important it is for couples to resolve their issues the soonest time possible.
The research covered divorcees and married couples and found that those who got divorced tended to ignore each other's complaints.
Those who were married, on the other hand, took action right away to address their problems.
Marital experts point out that spouses who are willing to change signal that they are open to fulfilling their partner's needs.
When they hear their partner complain, they normally take action right away.
In couples who don't end up together, what commonly happens is that the spouses expect to be accepted as they are without making changes.
This attitude, however, is a sign of not being capable of loving his partner unconditionally because the fact that the person wants to be accepted for who she or he is already presents his or her condition.
So again, small or big problems should be addressed quickly by married couples.
Don't wait any longer before taking action otherwise the issue will only get bigger and harder to solve.