Rambo Akpan

14 FACTS ABOUT FRIENDS AND MARRIAGE

1. Sometimes friends are the biggest threat to your marriage. Choose your friends well

2. Not every friend who is single is a threat to your marriage

3. Marriage is not meant to choke your social life. Allow your spouse to have friends. Be secure

4. Make your spouse secure. Don't make your spouse feel that he/she is competing against your friends

5. Choose friends who can be a good role model for your children

6. Listen to your spouse when he/she has reservations about a friend of yours. Your spouse might be seeing something you don't

7. Do not disrespect your spouse in front of your friends. Protect your spouse's name. Friends come and go, but your spouse will remain

8. Be careful. Some friends will advise you to ruin your marriage because they have ruined/are ruining theirs

9. A lot of marriages are struggling due to peer pressure. Friends can incite you against your spouse. Don't fall for it

10. You can have friendships with those of the opposite gender as long as you have boundaries

11. Most affairs start as innocent friendships. Be careful how you relate with a friend of the opposite gender as a married person, you can easily fall because of the friendliness

12. Some friends stir up trouble by spreading gossip about your spouse. Be careful who you confide in

13. Your marriage will be strong when it is surrounded by friends who are happy for you, believe in marriage, keep you both accountable, pray for you, and challenge you

14. Remember Birds of the Same Feathers Flock together AND show me your Friends and I will tell You your Character.....Choose your Friends Wisely, please. God Bless you.