Distrust In Marriage

Have you ever wondered how our elder’s stayed married for thirty-eight years? Dr. Dana Dennard, assistant professor of psychology at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, stated that “marriage is an ongoing process, a growing process…. You must embrace change rather than resist it.” These are very key factors in having a long-lasting marriage, but they are not the only factors. One must be completely committed to the relationship, trust their significant other in any situation, and love their partner wholeheartedly. The secrets behind having a long-lasting marriages are very simple, but they all take work. To have a successful marriage, one must master the techniques of trust, love, commitment, roles and change. One of the most important …show more content…
Simple trust is vacant of distrust. A person in simple trust is very naive and foolish about trust. They do not believe that distrust could happen to them. Blind trust is when the person completely denies the possibility of distrust. You could not build a successful marriage off of simple trust or basic trust. The trust that every relationship should achieve is authentic trust. In order to achieve authentic trust, one must recognize the possibility of distrust but be able to grow. All relationships will start out as simple and basic trust, but as the relationship progresses, so should trust. In order to achieve trust, one would simply never lie or keep secrets. You should always communicate with your partner and never say or do anything that could jeopardize your partner 's …show more content…
There are many different definitions for this simple four-lettered word, but it impacts the entire human race. We dream of falling in love with our soulmate or marrying our high school sweetheart, but people believe true love only exists in fairy tales. The phenomenon of “love at first sight” is very rare. Analysis of romantic attraction interviews show that only one-tenth of couples recorded that they fell in love at first sight. In order to fall in love, there are many aspects of life that need to be addressed: cultural background, personal assets, and attitudes. In society, the suitable partner would be of the same race, social class, religion and, the biggest factor, age. If a forty-five year old marries a twenty-two year old, they would be satirized.
Love has many steps. Judith Rodin established the two-stage theory of love. Rodin’s first stage states that the unsuitable people become invisible. For example, when a twenty-four year old is looking for a potential mate, she would most likely overlook people twenty years older than her. By doing so, she is unconsciously blocking older people out of her vision of a mate. Rodin’s second stage is very simple: select a mate from the suitable