ELENA Cardone, a CEO dedicated to “building women up,” has shared her three key rules for a successful marriage.
In a recent TikTok video, the businesswoman, known as ‘elenacardoneofficial,’ opened up about how to keep a relationship strong, though not everyone agrees with her advice.
She recommends avoiding oversharing relationship issues with friends and being mindful of who you drink with, especially if you’re prone to being flirtatious.
Elena’s first tip is: “Don’t discuss your marital or relationship problems with your friends.”
She then goes on to explain her second and third rules.
Elena says: “Number two, don’t drink without your husband present if you know that you are touchy-feely, friendly, flirty.
“And number three, don’t flirt with anyone, period. That should just be the policy.
“Flirt with your husband. You should be flirting with your husband.
“If you’re not flirting with your husband, you both need to have a talk about how you both can be more creative in that aspect.
“The two of you have enough between you to fulfill each other in that way.”
Her video has gained over 500,000 views with many people rushing to the comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: “You have the WRONG friends if you can’t discuss issues with them.”
A second said: “If you can’t discuss with your closest friends…then you have the wrong friends IMO.
“I can go out and have drinks with my girls without issues, but I also don’t flirt.”
And a third added: “I don’t understand this narrative of telling women to not count on their friends with frustrations they may be feeling in their marriages.
“Like a good friend would give advice, not judge.”
However, others agreed with Elena and shared their additional thoughts of her tips.
One wrote: “These should just be common sense.”
Whilst another added: “Talk to your spouse regarding issues; keep it light with friends—they are not your therapist, and they don’t know the whole story; they may give bad advice by accident.”
And someone else said: “Even if you have friends who are great to talk to…they aren’t the people you should be talking to about your and your spouse’s issues.”
