What is the "Long Lasting" marriage stage?

Question

There are 6 stages of marriage:
Newlyweds
Midlife
Sandwich Generation
Grandparenting
Long Lasting
Widows and Widowers

can you also put the source where you got it, thanks

Answer 1

about marriage.com

they polled marriages that lasted and asked the partners wht they did to make it long lasting:

Continue to build intimacy -- both sexually and emotionally -- throughout your marriage.



Create passion for life and for one another.



Continue to be committed to each other and celebrate your sense of commitment.



Like one another and be friends with each other.



Have fun together, laugh together, and use humor in healthy ways.



Comfort, encourage, and affirm one another.



Be able to stand on your own feet as a couple and not be dependent either financially or emotionally on either of your parents.



Respect one another's need for privacy and space.



Parent together.



Deal with a crisis and adversity together.



Fight fair.



Accept your differences and don't try to change your spouse.



Keep romance alive in your marriage.

Answer 2

To me, the "Long Lasting" stage is all of a sudden realizing that your marriage (or significant relationship) will survive the 'next chapter' - which is AFTER the teenager/s have left home and is in college. If there is a relationship still there, beyond raising children, then THAT is the "Long Lasting" stage.

Answer 3

When you say "she broke up with her boyfriend yesterday," you need to clarify. Did SHE dump him or did he dump her? I am in a relationship now, which I got into just 2 weeks after I dumped my ex boyfriend of 3 years. Many people have tried to classify what I'm in as a "rebound" however they have no idea what my circumstances were. I was detached emotionally, physically from my ex for MONTHS. I FELT single, I felt nothing for him, I had no desire to be with him, I barely even spoke to him, saw him only on weekends and during the week I was too "busy" to even give him a 5 minute phone call to say goodnight...I was just too scared to end it officially b/c I felt bad for him. I got a kick in the as$ when I met this amazing man I saw the potential we would have as a couple. I broke up with my ex immediately, and when I did, I felt nothing. No sadness, no unfinished business... mainly relief and the feeling that I no longer had anything standing in my way of my perfect man! I was and am sooooso into him and and he couldn't be less of a rebound if he tried. He's it. However if SHE'S the one that got dumped, and she's sad and she really loved him, then it may be a really long time before the rebound stage is over.

Answer 4

I'm 53. Been married 35 years. I am not old and I would call my marriage a "long lasting" one. Think your list needs to be amended.

Answer 5

once u know that ur family is ok they r grown on there own doing well,the grandkids get a little older n r not around anymore as much. the long lasting part of the marriage is when u are older near retirement and its only the two of u left 2 gether.basically its after the grandkids 4get about u,the kids only bother with u out of guilt n all ur friends r old *** mfs also and all u have left 2 look 4ward 2 is a pine box.

Answer 6

Where did you read or hear this from? Long lasting is at any time in the marriage i feel.... Doing it the way God intended is the best and only way to be..... Till death do us part:)

Answer 7

What happens if you get married during midlife? Kinda screws up the stages huh?

Answer 8

i would say both still living and married 60 yrs. to the same man. it's called the 60th wedding anniversary.

Answer 9

The mental maturity in both at what age varies may be mid age.

Answer 10

It sounds like that's when you're both old.