Marriage and Divorce

If you are afraid of your spouse it is because he/she has mentally or physically abused you. Most times this is allowed because of low self esteem or insucurity within one’s self. There is no one answer on how to…
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By the time you married your spouse, you should have become aware of certain annoying habits that they had that drove you a little crazy. Sometimes, we are overcome by love and choose to ignore them, or we hope that…
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Marital stress can be caused by many different things, but there are steps you can take to prevent it from getting to a serious point.  Consider the following strategies to help you get avoid these problems with your spouse. Keep…
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The best way to survive newlywed squabbles is to recognise the stress you will have been under in organising your wedding. Arrange to take time out to value each other. This doesn’t have to be elaborate or expensive gestures but,…
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The phrase, “the honeymoon is over”, is not just about the date you return from Bermuda with your new tan and wonderful spouse on your arm. This phrase signifies that time in your marriage where the excitement of the first…
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As a newlywed I am not as seasoned as most. I know this, however, I have learned from other people’s experiences. All my life I have had failed marriages surround me. From my own parents, who were divorced when i…
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Although the husband/wife is much loved in most married relationships there are those occasions when they can get on each other’s nerves. The difficulty the partner is presented with at such times is how to tell their spouse in a…
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It takes faith to trust someone, and the fact that infidelity is an unfaithful act makes saving your marriage the hardest thing you’ll ever do when the one you trust is unfaithful to you. It’s a betrayal that cuts deep…
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There is no blueprint for how a couple ‘should’ handle their finances once the ceremony is over. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ answer. Only suggestions to where the pitfalls may lay, and the answers are going to depend on the individuals….
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Good heavens, “Can I be myself after marriage?” What a question! If I wasn’t myself when I was married, then who in heavens name was I? The question is strange, at least to me. Do you mean after you get…
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As a plant, a marriage needs nurturing. It is an ongoing process, feed it and it will yield good results, neglect it and it will dry out and perish. Of course, saving a marriage takes much more effort and commitment…
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Cheating is an obvious indication that a marriage is in danger of failing. Although the act can be the rude awakening that motivates a couple to take steps in saving the marriage, the fact remains that if the marriage is…
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As I am celebrating my nine year anniversary in two days, my mind naturally goes back to when I was a newlywed. Ahh the naivete and silly expectations. The years have taught me things I had no clue about, and…
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Bad habits that can ruin your marriage The worst habit that you can have which will ultimately ruin a marriage is to stay in it if you are making the other partner constantly unhappy and vice versa, in other words…
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Prior to getting married, my mother informed me that the first two years would be the worst. My husband and I are now half-way through the second year and I feel we have a pretty good handle on dealing with…
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Infidelity is one of the most difficult trials a man and wife could ever go through. The one who was cheated on carries an enormous amount of pain that only God can fully heal. The images alone are enough to…
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Will you ever learn to trust your partner again? How can you ever find the capacity to forgive? Rebuilding trust in a marriage takes a great deal of courage and although you may never forget the pain and anguish that…
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The obvious answer to this question is to keep cameras out of your house! Of course, there are a variety of different theories on why the breakup of America’s Reality Sweethearts was “inevitable” but the truth is, marriage is difficult,…
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When we are newly married, we seem to relax a little about things like eating and weight. After all, we now have someone that loves us for exactly who we are and we are happy. In short, we are no…
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“And they lived happily ever after!” We hear them at the end of every fairy tale and somehow we grow up dreaming of it whole through our lives. “Love marriage” was a taboo some 20-25 years ago and slowly with…
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What we can say about so-called “love” marriages is that the percentage of successes versus failures is the same as the flip of a coin. The number of divorces per marriage alone makes love marriages a losing bet in the…
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As a newlywed, I found myself almost constantly in a celebratory mood. I also found that I wanted to set a tone of carefree-living and happy times from the beginning, so my bride and I were eating out rather a…
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The first two years of marriage are said to be the most difficult for newlyweds to survive. Below are ten tips for those just beginning their marital journey together. Strengthen the new team. Each person should start thinking of the…
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From the minute we are conceived humans go through many developmental stages (we even go through a stage in utero where we look like a sea horse -giddy-up). One famous stage, because it is pretty annoying to everyone involved is…
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My past is dark and devoid of family. This is actually the truth. So when I got married, I found that I had very little to contribute in the area of family traditions. I had not experienced even one family…
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My husband and I are sneaking up on our second anniversary. We are about to hit that crucial point, the two-year point, of being married. Except, we find that it isn’t a big deal, we haven’t attempted to kill each…
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As a rule people think the purpose of marriage counseling is to save a marriage yet sometimes the opposite happens and counseling leads to divorce. Everyone is familiar with the phrase “don’t fix what isn’t broken” and it is this…
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There are myriad books out there with marital advice and of course we have people like Dr. Phil, and all of this is great but I have the best, by far, book recommendation for married couples… THE BIBLE! This is…
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The 2 keys to developing new traditions in your new family are to communicate and be flexible. We all want to continue our favorite childhood traditions that have brought us so many fun times and happy memories into adulthood, and…
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Dividing up household chores for newlyweds isn’t particularly difficult as long as both parties agree that it should be done. Like everything else about getting married, this should be addressed before the wedding. Unfortunately, this is not one of the…
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