Marriage and Divorce

I’m not going to lie, yes at some point I did think that couples should live together before they were to get married. But after my Sociology course in college, I thought otherwise. Statistics have shown that couples that live…
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When you’ve been in relationship with someone for a long period of time, it is easy to become relaxed in the romance department, or even lazy? Weekend after weekend it’s the same old routine. When you go out for the…
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SHOULD COUPLES LIVE TOGETHER BEFORE GETTING MARRIED? The answer to this question is a definite NO! Reason; in the beginning it was one man and one woman. Lets look at the picture the way living together was intended, through GODS…
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Religion and social pressure normally determine whether a couple lives together before marriage. Is it right for an unmarried couple to live together? Why not? It is the couple’s decision and not the rest of the world. Sometimes living together…
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Looking at society today it is hard to believe that marriage can last forever. The divorce rate seems to climb faster than a cat up a tree with a dog on its tail. Marriage is much like the weather. It…
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Despite Frank Sinatra’s enthusiastic rendition of the old song “Love and Marriage”, I don’t believe love and marriage always necessarily “go together”.  As romantic as the idea of marriage can be, the fact is, people decide to get married for…
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When couples get together, the first years of their relationship bustles with dizzying excitement. Whether you’re married or in a committed partnership, the honeymoon phase is at high intensity. Life is wonderful. Romance is constantly in the air. You and…
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When in the midst of a long term relationship, we can often settle into a monotonous routine where time spent together becomes settled and often times, dull. It is often easier to turn the television to relax rather than connecting…
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It seems that so many marriages fall apart just at the time when the relationship is getting that feeling of being comfortable. It could be that one or both have been looking for the wrong things in the relationship. Marriage…
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With the divorce rate as high as 60%, according to some statistics, it seems as though our whole country needs a lesson on how to stay happily married. Not just married, but happily married. Believe it or not, it can…
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This is just down to earth old fashion and new fun. It can be many things of course, but I will list just some. I am writing about this because I often go to relationship forums and see thread topics…
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Keeping a long-term relationship fresh is a challenge no matter what kind of lifestyle a couple leads. Couples with children cite parental responsibilities and the busy hum of family life as a major contributor to ho-hum love lives. Couples without…
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The local “Bridal Spectacular” was a success. With plenty of promotion for the event, potential brides and grooms turned out in droves to begin the preparations for their Big Day. Booths were everywhere at the event, with products and services…
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It’s hard in any age for a writer to be original. “Happy ever after” is the longest-running and most-used plot in the human story, appearing in any story-telling medium from ancient fairy tales to many a television series. Man seeks…
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Definitely, friends can be toxic to a marriage. Though it isn’t true of all friends, there are some who manage to wreak havoc in the following ways: THE GOOD OLD DAYSSome guys expect a newly married male friend to continue…
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When you’re in a committed relationship, what constitutes cheating? Often there will be heated discussions and genuine disagreements about this matter. Each partner’s view will depend largely on his or her tolerance level, self-confidence and security within the relationship. For…
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There’s a popular saying that insists if you wonder if a marriage is over, it probably is. However, since every relationship is different, it’s unwise to generalize. Often women sense that something in the dynamic they share with their spouse…
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How To Make Time for Your Marriage (A Guide for Working Moms) Working moms want to have working marriages, and one of the challenges many of us face is how to carve out time with our spouse. Between the demands…
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Worried about getting your marriage back on track? Getting it there – and keeping it there – is not as hard as you might think. When a marriage fails, there is always one and only one cause: one spouse stops…
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Life goes on. I know it sounds way too simple but it simply is the truth. Whether your relationship is salvageable or damaged beyond repair life will most certainly go on. What you make of this “new” life will be…
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The marriage is over with the Biblical rule of Adultery. It is the one reason God will allow for you to divorce. This is often difficult for some. They let the marriage be so destroyed that it is impossible to…
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To cheat or not to cheat, that is the question, or is it? Oops, sorry. the question is how do I define cheating? Let’s hear what the dictionary says about cheating, what it means when we use the word to…
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The only people who can really call the right moment of leaving a marriage are the two directly involved. Although one party may realize that it’s over long before the other even begins to admit it, I firmly believe that…
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Q. My best friend told me this yesterday: “We are in relationship for more than a year now and we have already planned to get married. But I was taken back when he introduced me to his friends as his…
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Love is the best gift that you could ever earn from another person, and yet the most respected gift that you could give of yourself. Why would such a great emotion be the hardest to earn and yet the hardest…
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A little further on in the fifth century BC, the Greeks were setting the pace for their earliest marriages. Pandora was viewed as the first bride, as well as the first woman. Her name is derived from the word meaning…
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Although marriage is two people becoming one, individuality is imperative. Hopefully you’ve chosen your spouse based on his or her personality and the way the two of you complete the other. Keeping that in mind, it’s only logical that you…
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There is usually a pay off that one receives when one behaves a particular way. Nagging is not built into one sex or another so I am not sure why we are discussing only wives, but that said no one…
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If asked years ago when I first married at nineteen, the question “What are the benefits of frequent sex in a marriage?”It would be a far different answer than the one I would give now having been married and divorced…
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What is true love? Is it something you can capture in a moment when your eyes meet and lock, suddenly your heart beats a mile a minute and you just know that this is “the one”? Is it when someone…
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