There are really no bad marriages. There are marriages that need tweaking and marriages that need help, but bad marriages do not exist. No matter how many problems your marriage has, if you want the marriage to work it can and will. This of course does not happen over night or without your help, you need to make it happen if you want it. With this said it is important to remember and recognize that your marriage has good in it already, the only thing that you need to do is help make it visible and keep it there. This may be a harder task than you think.
As with any other problem in life, the best and strongest first step to take is to admit to yourself and to your spouse that your marriage is having problems. Once you get this out into the air, you will more than likely hear your spouse say the same thing. People are always afraid to admit what is happening right in front of them, no matter how obvious it may be. Once you have both admitted that there is a problem in your marriage, now is the time to discuss the action you would like to take. If either of you are thinking of divorce or it even pops into your mind, you need to take a step back. Having these doubts in your mind can do no good for you or for your marriage. Divorce or separation is an escape from the problem. If you truly love your spouse, than you will take the time and make the effort to fix your marriage and want to stay together.
You can categorize a bad marriage by a couple that refuses to admit they have a problem and just allows their marriage to get worse and worse with each passing year. This is a marriage that cannot even be called a marriage at this point. There is zero communication, barely any love and no respect. If you truly respected one another you would drag out a marriage that clearly neither spouse wants to be in. If you are allowing your problems to build and do nothing about them, then it is clear that you do not want to be together. This is a clear cut sign of the type of marriage to avoid. Love is always the base of every marriage and without this base you are left with nothing when one single problem arises.
Bad marriages are relationships that can be avoided and do not have to reach this point. Marriage is meant to be a relationship full of happiness and a life adventure that is spent together. If you have entered marriage for any other reason than this, than you are in it for the wrong reason and can expect nothing more than issues and problems. Take the time to fix these bad marriages and save a marriage and a love that once was beautiful and fresh.