Marriage goes through a process to achieve this ideal unity. This is the time when the shine of marriage fades and becomes more mature, less of a fantasy. This turns into a phase of settling and starting the roots. With these roots and maturity comes a family, children and a whole host of new experiences and challenges. A stable, once calm relationship is now about to take a rocket to the moon with these new responsibilities, kids. Parental demands and responsibilities take over many aspects of your married life. Work becomes more stressful, finances are crucial, and the learning process involves sacrifices, not only for the husband or wife, but also for the children. In essence, children consume their parents' lives as they are completely dependent on them. With children, the couple hardly has time to enjoy time alone, much less have the opportunity to be alone. Parenting is a difficult part of any marriage. Very often each parent will have a different point of view on how their child should be raised. These differences spark conflict, in the end, having differences is all part of marriage. If the couple does not continue to remind each other of teamwork and mutual love, the stakes are high and risk falling apart quickly. Many of the weddings I have seen with this ruin