Alabama Pastor Gives 11 Tips On Staying Married For Decades

ALERT: THESE WILL SAVE A MARRIAGE!

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I've been in media for 35 years and I have heard from so many couples on the brink of divorce or break up and if they had just put these tips into practice things could have been different.

This comes from our friend and on air contributor, Pastor Scott McCown, who has been married to his beautiful bride Amy for 36 years as of today.

He told me to say they were married at the age of two and four.

I'm not sure I'm buying that, however, I am buying the tips he and his wife are providing here for everyone.

This works.

Ok, here we go, direct from Pastor Scott McCown at Central Church Of Christ in Tuscaloosa.

An Ounce of Prevention can Help Your Marriage 

Maybe your grandmother used to say, “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure.” Or perhaps your grandfather was working on his car and you asked what was wrong. His response was, “Nothing, I’m doing preventative maintenance.”  OK, so that was my grandparents.

Ask anyone around and they will tell you that Amy and I have a great relationship a really healthy marriage.  They are right – we do, even as we are in our 37 year of marriage.  Here are some of our secrets:

1. Flirt with your spouse when ever you can. Around the house or anywhere you can steal a moment to share a smile or wink.

2. Hold hands when you walk. Park a good distance from the store and walk in holding hands.  Walk the mall – holding hands.

3. Kiss.  I remember my parents kissing – after 61 years they still did till the moments before my dad passed away  When Dad would come home from work, Mom would meet him at the door. They kissed before any of us could break them up.

4. Pray while holding hands.

5. Worship God together.

6. Keep house together (especially if both of you work outside the home). My dad used to get up and fold laundry leaving in the dryer for my mom to find in her “magic dryer.”  

7. Leave each other love notes.  One day, Amy came home with a page out of her notebook that had three words on it – “I Love You!”   I wrote this note in the middle of that notebook about two months earlier and forgot about it.  She found it and it made her afternoon. 

8. Help each other as much as possible with work that you both bring home.  When Amy was in graduate school while still teaching, I would help her as much as I could with her school-work and prep-work for the next school day.  She constantly helps me with church related work and helps me stay organized.

9. Sit next to each other on the couch while watching a quality movie or TV show — share the popcorn bowl.

10. Cook together.

11. Did I mention spending time with each other?