Materialism May End Your Marriage
How materialism may end your married life.......
Materialistic spouses may be seeking happiness in possessions, rather than people, which means they end up putting less time and energy into making their marriage a success.
Materialism is bad for men but worse for women. WHY.. He has "responsities," He calls the shots. Most times the bread winner of the family. Even at this thereis need to strike a balance.Spending better part of your time seeking money and material things at the expense of time with your family will sooner or later create cracks in your relationship.
Do you often end up having heated discussions with your spouse over money matters? or fight over possessions. Beware, your fondness for material possessions may affect your love life and push your marriage towards an unhappy ending, or can terminate a relationship at the dating stage. the pursuit of money and possessions — gets prioritised over other dimensions of life, it harms conjugal bonding,love and trust.
Materialism crowds out other life priorities and creates a scarcity of time for other priorities such as communication, conflict resolution and intimacy.
It thus decreases the importance and sense of satisfaction in a marriage.
“Marriage dissatisfaction occurs because those who highly value money and possessions are less likely to value their marriage and are thus likely to be less satisfied in their relationship.
Materialism may also be associated with a possession-oriented rather than a relationship-oriented approach to happiness.
In other words, materialistic spouses may be seeking happiness in possessions, rather than people,your husband or wife, which means they end up putting less time and energy into making their marriage a success.Most women are not happy in their relationship because they seek happiness in possession rather than in the man they claim they love.
some of these women may be unwilling to stay in a "possession less "relationship.
Changes can be made by couples to solve this issue.
“Many people are not fully aware of their materialism or the degree to which the pursuit of money is becoming an unbalanced priority in their life,” especially in a society where You are on your own if you are "cashless and possession less"We go to the extreme just to achieve those symbols of success. Cash and possessions.such spouse need to be educated on why it is dangerous to be materialistic.
“It is helpful for spouses to evaluate and openly discuss the time patterns in their lives and make sure they are devoting enough time to prioritize and strengthen their marriage relationship,
Young couples need counseling on this issue. Money and possessions are important but not at the expense of their relationship.
If asked what makes a woman happy in arelationship, woman will mention money and possession, after all what is love without money.
Future more in my encounter and discussions with ladies this question came up.... Who is your dream man..... He must young and rich. loving and caring.. .... bla..bla..blaa. this is an issue of the cart before the horse.
