Married for more than 10 years? Use this app to check if your relationship is on rocky ground
Couples with a higher risk of friction are those married for over a decade, retirees whose children have flown the nest, and those who find it hard to communicate ‘sexual needs’, a community organisation says
Married couples who have been together for more than a decade should regularly assess the health of their relationship, as cracks can appear from years 11 to 14, according to a community organisation.
On Sunday, the family service unit of Caritas Hong Kong launched a “marriage checkup” Android app to help couples assess the health of their relationship. The iPhone app will be ready by this week, it said.
Questions include how often they express their feelings to each other; how often they have sex, argue or discuss career-related life decisions; and how many times the thought of divorce has crossed their minds.
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A low score would immediately bring them to a page advising them to sign up for couples’ therapy or to book a free 30-minute counselling appointment.
The organisation’s head of service, Eliza Lam Yee-wan, said: “The high risk groups are those that have been married more than a decade, or about 11 to 14 years.
“They have been married for quite some time and are facing more pressures from children and economic factors. At this stage, it’s important that they get support.”
She added that those with grown children who were nearing retirement or had already stopped working were also prone to friction, as they began to spend more time together without the distractions of the past.