3 Year Glitch

Yesterday, my friend Steve sent me a link to this article.

The opening sentence of the article says:

The “three-year glitch” has replaced the “seven-year itch” as the tipping point where couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey.

Three years…within three years couples take each other for granted. According to this article:

• Within three years you will stop noticing your wife’s smile.
• Within three years you will take your husband’s sense of humor for granted.
• Within three years you will forget how much you loved your husband’s spontaneity.
• Within three years your wife’s organizational skills will not longer be attractive…they will irritate you.
• Within 36 months you will not think of your husband as a successful business man, you will resent how much time he spends at work.
• Within 36 months you will lose interest in your wife’s sense of style and begin questioning why she spends so much money on clothes.
• Within 3 years you will stop saying “thank you” and “I appreciate you” and you will start saying “why don’t you” and “I wish you would change…”
• Within 3 years you will not naturally look forward to sex with your spouse, you will have to schedule sex with your spouse.
• Within 3 years compliments will be replaced with complaints.

Within 3 years you will be wondering why you married the person you married…and they will be wondering the same.

God didn’t design you to survive your marriage. He designed you to thrive in your marriage. What if you refused to take your husband for granted? What if you chose to be thankful for your wife? What if you fought the temptation to be complacent? What if you were determined to change YOU before you asked your spouse to change? What if you rediscovered romance? What if you never experienced the 3 year glitch?

Is is possible? Yes.

Will you have to choose it? Absolutely.

How can you fight the 3 Year Glitch?