Marie Haggard, who has been married for thirty years, says marriage is a very, very difficult institution to hold together. It s a hectic life. It s stressful. John Mangels says he doesn t plan to become one of the statistics. He says the key to a successful marriage is communication.
Experts say people don t get to know each other before taking the big plunge.
He says small problems and disagreements like these can add up quickly and lead to divorce. Hill says pre-marital counseling can help identify problems before they creep into your life and they can actually make the marriage stronger. And finally, Hill says, remember that after the honeymoon, the work doesn t end, it begins. It takes a lot of give and take, a lot of loyalty to the other person and a lot of love and caring. A Lexington minister wants the town s churches to adopt a community marriage policy.