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Failing to live up to the Biblical ideal of a spouse isn't unusual. This doesn't mean your marriage is destined to fail; but is does require confession, repentance and forgiveness.
If depriving your parents from seeing their grandchild is because you're unwilling to forgive, you need help! Life is too short to live with broken relationships. Consider reading Dr. Gary Chapman's book, The Five Love Languages of Apology.
There are two responses to sin: we can confess our wrongdoing and seek forgiveness, or we can continue in our sin. For those who continue to sin, God will bring discipline the the Christian who continues to sin.
When preparing for deployment, the couple must acknowledge that there will certainly be challenges and that they need to find new ways to relate to each other. Be sure you know your spouse's love language and speak it often with them.
There is often a great divide between teens and parents. Don't let your differences keep you from loving your teen.
If you're engaged to a man who constantly checks out other women, run! If he does this before you get married, you can be sure he'll continue to do that after marriage.
It's normal for couples to have issues that come up when they get married. Finances is often one of them. Talk about it! Consider holding a weekly conference together in which each of you brings up one item for discussion. That will present the opportunity to bring up issues that concern you the most.
It's important to focus on the present and future state of your marriage, but it's just as important to look back to the past. You must deal with past failures before you can put them behind you.
Is it possible to put the past behind you and start over? Time will not solve the hurts of your past failures. Healing comes when you're willing to confess your failures and change your behavior.
If you're married, it's never wise to try to reconnect with your past girlfriends. You'll be jeopardizing the commitment you made to your spouse.