The wedding was a wonder to behold. The honeymoon was picture perfect; days spent walking hand in hand along quaint streets and dreaming of the future, nights spent wrapped in each other’s arms, the waves of passion washing over and over and over them. But, like the experts say all of the time, into each life a little rain must fall. marriage problems and solutions are not new or rare. You are not the only married couple to melt into spats and battles. And, thankfully, there are a number of possible solutions that can be used.

While it might seem a little soon for there to be any kind of marriage issue in the early days, sometimes among all of the loving and the passion, a little bit of reality does rear its ugly, little head and the battle is on.

Some of the most common problems during the early days of marriage, whether it is a young couple who have never been married before or an older couple who are coming back to the sea of matrimony for a second or third dip can include the little things that come up when you are spending all of your time with someone you may not have known very well before hand to the bigger things like major differences in religion or views on money and politics. Strange as it might sound, these are topics that are not always fully covered by couples before they actually take their vows.

In this point in the marriage, it is important to set guidelines and boundaries for discussions and even spats. It is not realistic to suggest that there will never be arguments. It is however, much more healthy and helpful to actually agree on the best way for them to happen and to resolve them.

Next up: the arrival of new children or the blending of his and hers. Even the blending of her Yorkie and his Pug can breed interesting little issues. While dating, you loved spending time with his puppy, he snuggled with yours when he came to your house. Now, you are living together in one hair filled, barking, snarling, chaotic household and not all of the snarling is coming from the four legged residents. Whether it is a child from a previous marriage or your own bundle of joy, the way that the children, the pets or the prized houseplants are being cared for can breed all kinds of nasty moments.

Before you get married, it is important to be on the same page about present children, future children and of course, the pug.

Don’t think that children cease to be a problem once they get older, because they bring about a whole new group of issues with every year that passes. The issue of how to pay for college, what is wrong with the boy and what to do with all of the time that they have now, can cause issues with the best of married couple. The best solution: work on the relationship between man and wife before you wake up one day next to a complete stranger and no children to band together against.