WILL YOUR MARRIAGE SURVIVE MID-LIFE CRISIS?

Choose the traits that you think are most important for a lasting marriage:

Commitment to stay in our marriage

Providing a stable home life for our children

Support from friends

Being flexible and willing to change

Keeping our marriage a top priority

Involvement with our extended families

Having realistic expectations about each other

The ability to cope with stress

Good management of finances

Spending leisure time together

A positive view of aging

Satisfaction with career

A mutually satisfying sexual relationship

Good communication

The ability to resolve our differences

Mutual leadership style of our marriage

A strong spiritual life

Check your answers with those of couples surveyed whose marriages held together during the difficult mid-life years. (For a quick look at the top three answers, hold book upside down)