The two individuals within a marriage define that particular marriage. Each marriage is, therefore, different to every other marriage. What works for one couple may not work for every couple. However, successful marriages have a few common components. One crucial…
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Discretion is the better part of valour in many relationships and it is never truer than in your relationship with your in-laws. When you say the words “I do”, you do not only gain a wife, or a husband, you…
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Comedians joke about mothers in-law, and the audience always laughs, some perhaps ruefully. Having an interfering mother-in law feels terrible, dealing with her is difficult. You risk dividing your spouse’s loyalties between his, or her, mother and you. This situation…
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November 30, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Getting married is exciting. Planning the wedding, and the thrill of the day itself, takes over your lives. Your honeymoon is a special time whether it is in the Caribbean or Clacton-on- Sea. Settling down to the ho-hum of everyday…
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The Internet makes the world a smaller place. It enables people, who would never speak to one another in any other way, to make contact. Many marriages have resulted from online relationships begun in chat rooms. Many famous marriage bureaus…
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The temperature is rising and the days are long and warm. Romance is in season at any time of year but is even more special in summer. The summer weather makes dates even more special, whether you are just becoming…
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November 13, 2013 Communication
Confident people do not understand shyness. They tell shy people to “snap out of it” and “just go for it”. When you are confident, it is hard to understand how disabling shyness is and that shy people cannot “snap out…
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October 27, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce rates, in The United Kingdom, have been worryingly high since the 1960s. High divorce rates are worrying because marriage stabilizes society by providing stable backgrounds and conditions for the raising of families. There are, periodically, hysterical headlines in the…
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Genealogy or family history is a popular hobby. Family historians, like professional historians, use many sources to piece the past together. Compiling any history is like a detective story. The historian gathers clues and evidence putting them together, in the…
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The British National Archives are the official public archive of the British Government. It holds records going back 1,000 years. The National Archive also leads Archives in England, including archives in national institutions, local authorities, universities, libraries, museums, businesses, charities,…
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Children are individual, even children within the same family are individuals. People have no trouble treating adults as individuals with their own characters and needs, but children are individuals too. Many parents believe that they should treat their children equally,…
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Children think that adults are in on all the secrets. Adults know things that they do not tell children, and that, when you are eighteen, someone will tell you all the magic things, and you will suddenly be an adult….
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September 14, 2013 Friends and Peers
Office workers spend long hours, cooped up together in an office. Like any enclosed group, office workers’ little habits irritate their colleagues. These little habits can drive colleagues to distraction, when they happen day after day. It is as well for you to…
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Many family historians may wonder about documentation in genealogy, research into family history. They may say, “All I am doing is writing a family story. I am not a proper historian”. Anyone who does historical research is a historian, and if…
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In these difficult economic times, everyone needs virtually cost free date ideas. Whether they are teenage couples, students, those saving for marriage, or married couples wanting a fun outing together, there are things that couples can enjoy, without breaking the bank….
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Genealogy is a very popular interest. It is natural for people to want to know about their family history and their own origins. Genealogy is simply a family’s story. Beginning your genealogy research may seem daunting and you may wonder…
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August 7, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Most affairs are unreal. They are akin to first love, the type of love that teenagers are prey to. There is no dirty laundry, naughty children, mortgages, or picking discarded clothes off the floor 6 inches from the laundry basket….
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