Marriage, marriage and more marriage. Its hard for me to relate to all this marriage talk. Something we talked about was how important it is for a married couples to have boundaries with their friends and family. Now, i'm not married, but i am the friend and family to a lot married people. 3 of my best friends are married and all 7 of my siblings are married. Something that i took away from class this week is that i need to be supportive of my married friends and family and not pry into their personal lives. Also i need to encourage them to not gossip or vent to me about their spouses.
When married people vent to their friends about their spouses it just builds the problem and makes it bigger. The friends start to think badly about the person, and also the person venting starts to exaggerate and make things sound worse then things actually are.
Sometimes it seems hard to create boundaries with our married friends, but for their sake it is very important. If we truly love our friends we will make sure to support them and encourage them to work out any marriage problems with their spouse and maybe with their family if necessary.
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