There has been a lot to say recently regarding changing roles inside relationships and marriage in the media
. Following years of struggling for identities many people find themselves searching for help for their troubled marriage.
Once a relationship starts individuals are normally more forgiving and normally take a path of least resistance once it comes to individual roles. If a couple is fortunate they will lean in to each others strengths and find a balance that will work positively as they move through life together. That is more a story book outcome than it is reality in most relationships.
When it comes to traditional family of the past the wife was the one that was commonly responsible for household chores, taking care of buying groceries, cleaning the home, cooking and tending to the needs of the children. Some families still function this way.
For a good while there was a move towards both people working and even to keep working when kids came along. Pressures become more intense in a relationship where both individuals are short on time and energy and needing support both mentally and physically from their partner. Traditional roles changed in marriage and as a result troubled marriages continue to suffer.
In current years there has been a brand new family unit generated inside a suffering economy. Businesses closing their doors and company layoffs have created a new dilemma in marriages. Where once there was a primary bread winner or possibly two, now there is a single person with the responsibility of keeping the family afloat through the crisis. In some families it has become the role of the wife to go back to work while the husband takes on the duties of running the family.
With these changing roles how will the successful couple survive, thrive and overcome a troubled marriage? They'll require solid communication between them and a commitment to their union. Without both of these solidly in place a troubled marriage is most apt to continue a downward spiral until its demise.