Recent studies have revealed that relationships/marriages fail significantly due to major reasons such as financial problems, trust and communication issues. In today's society all people are trying to find love, someone to be their soulmate with, someone they want to spend the rest of their life with and feel happy. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work that way most of the time, there are a few key reasons why this happens. This essay will explain all the important keys to remember in your marriage/relationship so that you can have a happy and successful life. Mary Mendel writes: “APART FROM HAVING CHILDREN, getting married is perhaps the most important event in anyone's life. But for many men and women, what started out as a promising relationship too often falls apart." If you then get nowhere, it's better to try talking things out instead of turning them into an argument. It all comes back to communication. Mary Mendel he writes: “A good marriage requires a lot of work on the part of both of you.