What sacrifices are we willing to make for our marriage’s? In my experience sacrifice is a normal part of any marriage, and part of building a strong relationship is both spouses being willing to give up things for the other. In the early stages, while you are just starting to date, the only big sacrifice is giving up time to each other. As you get to know each other better it starts to get bigger, it can be things like going to their favorite restaurant even though you don’t particularly like the food. Or spending time with their friends that may not like you at first. These sacrifices don’t necessarily need to be equal between partners but if they are more one sided then it can lead to the four horseman coming more regularly.
In my relationship both of us have made plenty of sacrifices. As an example, she travels outside of her comfort zone to visit my family members for holidays and family vacations, helps with chores around the house when I get too busy to do my share, and the biggest for her is gives me a break on some weekends and stays home when she would rather be out and about doing things every time she has a day off. Some sacrifices I have made are, I extended my commute so that she is closer to her work. I do way more activities then I did before her because she enjoys going out.
With my relationship sacrificing for each other is almost a no brainer, we both still complain occasionally, but really we are happy to be doing something for the other person and knowing they are happy about it makes it worthwhile.
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