What is the primary ingredient of a successful marriage?

I believe that the primary ingredient of marriage is love between the husband and wife. If there is no love, marriage won't work. As what I have observed from my parents, they are really loving each other. That is the reason why they are more than 25 years of having happy marriage life. Sad to know that there are couples who don't have a happy marriage life. It's is because they are not contented with their partner. They looked for another one, two or three. It's a sort of lust. Or maybe they marry each other because of money. Many people say that money matters a lot with regard to marriage decisions. I don't think so.

I think for a successful marriage, both man and woman should have an open communication with each other. They should not keep secrets from one another; I believe good communication breeds trust. Another thing is to accept the other person for what he or she is, accept the good and bad in each other.

Lots are talking about trust and sacrifices when it comes to successful marriage. I think these 2 keywords are of extreme importance to any marriages out there. I'm definitely not a pro on this because I'm not yet married but based from the general outlook, these are the 2 factors that I would want my future spouse to take note of. If any of this lacks, then the marriage is rather crippled in a way.

I think that to keep a marriage or any kind of relationship strong one must be trusting, loving, loyal, faithful and if they are religious they must be religious and stand by their beliefs and morals. I will never or hope I never have intentionally push religion on anyone, that's why I have mentioned it too much here, but those are my views on what makes a good relationship.

I think the primary ingredients of a successful marriage are communication and responsibility. Every couple will face difficulties. If they can communicate with each other,they can solve the problems more easily.The sense of responsibility is important too.It can remind the persons who have married that they need to take care of their families.

Trust is the basic element,howerever,interest tolerate and enjoy each other are key element to a successful marriage. Care nothing about what we can get from,and just pay more attention to what others feeling,will make relationship successful and evergreen. Hava a nice day!

for me, it is TRUST like you say in your post... TRUST is a big issue for me and if my TRUST has been betrayed by anybody, it will be very hard for me to ever trust the person again... and i know that trust doesn't come easily just like that but have to be earned... take care and have a nice day...

Communication is the key, in my opinion. Without it, you can't have trust or understanding. I watched my parents marriage crumble during my childhood due to lack of communication. They're still married, but it's not much of a marriage. There's no love in it anymore, or none that I can see. My husband and I never run out of things to talk about. We constantly share ideas and opinions, and we always sit and talk things out during an argument. He'll chase me down and force me to talk if I decide I don't want to. Of course, our marriage is fairly new, so we'll see how our kind of marriage works for us.

hey dear.i would completely agree with you.....trust is the most imp thing that makes a relationship peaceful and successful...... but along with that i would say trying to understand the partner and taking things in a positive way also matter....

They longer the marriage the less interests and such matter. More so if kids are around. After a while you may be living different lives while sharing one. BUT it can still be a good marriage because you can talk about things... Sharing. You join forces to raise the kids... Sharing. You both have your jobs to do that will hold the household together... Sharing. There is love.... sharing. As long as your lives are shared together you will have a good marriage.

i believe that being open to communication, being honest to your partner, trusting each other is the key to success in relationship. Communication - so you can talk to him your feelings whether its love, anger, jealousy, doubts. Just be open about your feelings. Honesty - when you tell him/her you thoughts, it shoud be true, no lies. Trust - believing in his/her words, trust that you love each other and whatever obstacles will come, your relatiohsip will be stronger more and more everyday.

Communication is the key. It keeps all the hard feelings away and makes sure their is never a large division. Everyone is saying trust....that seems really juvenile. Obviously there needs to be no infidelity, but I am not sure that I would list trust as leading to a successful marriage just a prevention of divorce.

I would have to say Trust and Commitment. I am currently in my first relationship and its going great. Interest is a big one when you are married. Being paranoid is normal, but it can destroy a relationship easily

well I agree with u 100% for me in order for any relationship to work the most important thing is to trust each other, since trust is the basic thing in a relation you can't love or be happy if you dont trust the person ur with ;)

I think one of the main components of any successful relationship is respect. If you respect someone everything else comes naturally. Honesty, trust, love and devotion all come out of respect.

Hello,Gayathri! For a successful and happy married life proper understanding and sacrifice between the couples is essential.thanx.

I honestly don't know. I've yet to be in a successful marriage! I THINK the most important ingredient would be friendship. Being best friends with your spouse also entails love, even if it's not a physical love but, if best friends get married, there usually is a desire for physical love. It also entails caring, trust, respect, etc. You must have things you like doing together. If you're not friends with your spouse, chances are you have nothing in common and there's very little to share with each other. But, if you and your spouse love doing a lot of the same things, you're more likely to do them together, building an even stronger bond as time goes by. I THOUGHT I was best friends with my husband but he has really warped ideas about 'family' and 'responsibility', which I didn't find out about until after we were married. He has some serious emotional issues that need to be addressed before we can be happy together. So, I really do think that friendship is the most important ingredient that binds us together in a successful marriage.

Hi gayathrigs.. I have some secrets of a successful marriage here in my book. First is "love yourself" Of course, self-love can be sinful. It is wrong when it results in the replacement of God, causing us to love self more than we love God. But what does that have to do with a happy marriage? How does self-worth affect my love affair? It does so in at least three ways. First, if you do not love yourself, you make yourself unlovable. In other words, you make it difficult for somebody to love you. Second, If you do not have love for yourself, it is difficult for you to give love to somebody else, for you cannot share what you do not have. Third, if you do not love yourself, It is difficult for you to accept the idea that somebody really loves you. Now, when one has a healthy love for one's self, then one can proceed to the love one's partner. You must love your partner than yourself. Because your spouse is your other self! At the marriage altar, you take unto yourself a second self! This other self is to be loved and cherished as your first self.So, when you look at your partner, You are staring to your other self. And you should treat her/him as such. To love your partner as yourself means that you are willing to satisfy your spouse's desires as much as you are willing to gratify your own. We come now to the last secret. This is the most important ingredient of successful marriage,"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind".

Trust for sure. Without trust you have nothing. There are other elements that I think are really important, but to me trust is the main thing.

Hi gayathri, I am not married,but in my opinion men and woman share their love and happiness to each other. don't show their ego in their marriage life.if once the ego problem starts they spoil their married life and spoil their love also.both are mutually understand their feelings and both are give respect their feelings.