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The odds are against the blended family especially if you
and your wife has been married and then divorced with children. In the US, the rates
of divorces are about 45 percent for first marriages, which is frightening
enough. The divorce rate for a blended family is over 60 percent up to 70
percent for third marriage blended families.
How to avoid being included to those percentages? First you
must understand that relationship needs effort and time. It is easy to take
your partner but the one you cherish and love for granted. As time goes by, you
forget to appreciate the things that were once special. You forget to take
effort and time to do the little things he or she loved for you to do. You forgot
to have sex as often and even let it become a routine event for both of you. You
stop being grateful for everyday that you are both together. Making sure your
relationship gets the care it deserves is vital to both of you especially for
stressors of blended family life.
Communication is key
in a step family
Why there are things that make the relationship fail,
without having communications will make the situation more badly. The problem
with blended family relationships is that they both believe they have been
there and seen the disasters. Therefore, having communication with your spouse
is important to make things work well. If you need more advice, you can visit The
Blended and Step Family Resource Center.
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