Five Marriage Sins You Should Stop Committing

Geplaatst op 11-06-2025

We all know (or should know) the BIG things that can bring a marriage down. Infidelity is a surefire way to send your marriage into the toilet fast. Lying and failing to communicate are others.

But chances are there are “little marriage sins” you’re committing on a regular basis that, over time, can be almost as detrimental as the big stuff. Take a look at five marriage sins that you should stop committing today.

Comparing your marriage to others

It’s great to have marriage mentors and to try and incorporate successful patterns you have seen into your own marriage. But constantly looking at what others are doing and mumbling “must be nice,” isn’t doing anything but devaluing what you already have. Just like our own bodies, marriages come in their own shapes and sizes and like a pair of skinny jeans, a good fit for one may be disastrous for another.

Spending none of your time with your spouse

But there’s work to be done, kids to take care of, home improvements to do, church obligations…and the list goes on and on. Yes you have all of these things to do, but spending time with your spouse is just as important, and you don’t want to realize that after you’ve become two ships passing in the night.

Spending all of your time with your spouse

If spending no time with your spouse is bad, spending no time with anyone else is a close second. It’s wonderful if you still love being joined at the hip, but it keeps things interesting if when you come together to talk you don’t know everything the other is about to say because you were there.

Talking down about marriage in public

The term “peer pressure” often invokes images of 15-year-olds holding up cigarettes saying “Try it. Everybody’s doing it!” It does not typically bring to mind a group of women standing around saying “Say your husband’s a moron! Everybody’s doing it.” I don’t know about you, but steering clear of the “my husband’s so dumb” conversation has become almost a daily battle in my life, and I’m sure the “my wife is such a nag” conversation isn’t necessarily scarce. Constantly saying something negative means that believing it isn’t typically too far behind, so when the bad-mouthing crew comes around, you probably don’t want to be a member of the crowd.

Sacrificing your marriage for your kids

Yes you love your babies with all your heart, but as happy as they may be that you gave up your date night for The Lorax, they’ll be even happier to grow up in an intact family with happy parents, whether or not they know it right now. Not only does your marriage provide a foundation for your family, it will prayerfully be there for the both of you when your kids are grown and off building their own lives. When you talk about family being important to you, make sure that husband/wife relationship is a part of what you’re talking about.