courtship

It is not enough that you know your intention for your partner, you must know what he or she thinks about your relationship.

When the foundation of a marital relationship is wrongly laid, commitment will be difficult to easily come by and frustration, violence and abuse of all kinds will be inevitable.

Unhealthy self-esteem will predispose you to underestimating yourself and others, make you to be critical of yourself and others and further expose you to negative self-talk which will further make you always talk down on your partner.

To engage the concept of self-worth to your marital relationship, you have to be able to hold your spouse in high esteem by appreciating him or her adequately and valuing him or her as you should both privately and publicly.

Being hard on yourself will mean being critical of yourself and others; therefore, to engage in the act of self-love in your marital relationship, love your spouse well to pardon his or her errors, just as you do to yourself from time to time.

It should be counted as a red flag when your intending spouse cannot stay committed to simple routine on body hygiene, eat well, pay attention to his or her medical or mental health needs, and if he or she rarely spends on himself or herself.

Lack of self-respect will kill your admiration for your spouse and make you not to appreciate his or her good gesture promptly, because anyone without self-respect is more open to criticism than appreciation and this will impede marital commitment that should flow from each of you and your partner to one another.

Self-respect will help you to apportion the right honor and dignity to your spouse because people who have self-respect rarely dishonor other people, as they are honor personified.

Self-worth will make anyone confident about himself or herself and enhance his or her competence in handling the issues of life, marriage inclusive.

When you don’t know what you are worth, you will definitely not be able to place the right value on your spouse and this will adversely affect how he or she is committed to you and vice versa.