Can Begging Help My Marriage Survive?

Your marriage is about to end and you have been saying to yourself "I wonder if begging can help my marriage survive right?" Well it's a good question and probably one that many have struggled with over the years.

It's amazing how quickly children learn that if you keep nagging and pleading and yes, begging you might just get what you have been asking for. Then as time goes by they also learn that begging doesn't quite work as well as it used to. They no longer get everything they ask for and when things don't go their way, in their hearts they believe their parents have changed.

Now, when it comes to marriage, in my opinion begging is an option to exercise if it can help open the door to give you an opportunity to save your marriage. Now some will tell you never to beg your spouse to stay and I say what's wrong with begging.

What is begging to you? To me begging is to ask for a gift or a favor. Another way to put it is to ask earnestly or humbly. In some instances you may need to beg for forgiveness. So would I beg if I thought it could help my marriage survive? Absolutely, yes!

Now, depending on how long you have let the problems in your marriage go unattended will determine how much begging you should do.

If I were guilty of not spending enough time at home I would help my marriage by asking my spouse to give me 30 days to prove I could be more committed to our relationship. I would also explain that I understand the consequences to our relationship if I don't change. Of course, I would make the effort to chance starting on day. Don't wait for the 30th day to show you have changed.

If my flaws had to do with wasting money and not being financially responsible I would help my marriage survive by pleading with my spouse to give me a chance to demonstrate I can be transparent and treat our finances as ours and not mine.

Should I be found to be unfaithful I would beg my spouse to give me a chance to earn trust and love back to help my marriage survive.

The bottom line is that I would beg my spouse for another chance to help my marriage be the one we both signed up for. I would especially do so if I know I screwed up and haven't been giving 100% of myself to make the marriage work.

So what about you? Are you willing to ask for another chance to make your marriage work? Do you have it in your heart to ask for forgiveness? Can you see yourself putting aside your ego, humbling yourself and begging to help your marriage survive?