My wife and I have been married 14 years, and it's the best decision I've ever made. We knew from the start that we did not ever want to go through a divorce,

My wife and I have been married 14 years, and it's the best decision I've ever made. We knew from the start that we did not ever want to go through a divorce, and that we wanted our marriage to be for keeps. So, we worked backwards from that and thought about what it would take to make that happen. So, I suggested that we go to marriage counseling right after we got married. And, within 6 months of getting married, we did marriage counseling for 1.5 years. It really helped a lot. We've also taken communication classes together and we've made a point to go back in to counseling to talk through problems with a third party present before things get too bad. It takes a lot of time and effort, but marriage is one of those investments where the returns always out weight the investment in it. BTW, my wife is also my co founder.