9 Marriage Expectations That Could Destroy Your Relationship
9 Marriage Expectations That Could Destroy Your Relationship These are the things you should never ask of your partner. In a marriage, spouses continually need each other, whether it's for emotional support during a hard time or to attend a boring work event so one doesn't have to suffer alone. But some expectations of your husband — or of your marriage — are unrealistic. Here, experts draw the line between what's acceptable and what's simply asking too much. 1. Making him choose between you and his mother. Whatever your issue is with your mother-in-law — maybe he sometimes puts her first, or your personalities just clash — it's best for you to really put forth the effort to resolve the problem. She is, after all, the reason he exists in the first place. Plus, allowing little squabbles between the two of you — like getting frustrated because she insists on sitting in the passenger seat when he drives — to become a bigger issue puts the burden on him, and th...