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Confidence in your partner is the key to a successful marriage
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
Couples considering marriage should not ignore the uncertainty and doubts they may have, according to experts from the University of Alberta.
"If you have doubts about your relationship and future family life with your partner, you can't ignore them, as they can negatively affect your future family relationships and ruin your marriage," says lead author Matthew Johnson.
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A study by scientists, which was published in the journal Family Life, showed that couples who had no doubts about their choice of partner and their future life with him, and also spent a lot of time together before marriage, successfully survived the first year together, which can be difficult, and were still happy three years after the wedding.
Dr. Matthew Johnson also co-authored a study conducted at Kansas State University that examined the relationships of 610 young married couples and their level of trust in each other.
Those young people who had no doubts about family happiness and a partner before the wedding had a wonderful honeymoon and started their family life.
"These couples spent time together, had meals, participated in activities together, shared experiences and conversations, and expressed their love for each other. Those who were more secure in their marriage were willing to invest in the relationship and strengthen it," comments Dr. Johnson.
While divorce is the most common solution to all problems, you can save your relationship by making peace, making concessions to each other, and not keeping silent about the dissatisfaction and problems that worry each of the spouses. It may not be romantic or glamorous, but it is a way out of the situation. The main thing is not to let things slide and not to wait for everything to work out on its own.
For those couples who have doubts about their life together, it will be useful to visit a premarital counselor who will help to understand the situation and help to resolve all the troubling issues and omissions that make people doubt.