Marriage and Divorce

Withstanding abuse, a woman should be required to notify, if not receive consent from her husband before getting an abortion. Although abortion is touted as a women’s issue because it directly effects her body, abortion can have life altering effects…
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Ah, fight or flight, confrontation or avoidance, all key factors when a disagreement or argument arises! There is of course no easy answer or resolution, as each situation presents a differing set of circumstances, with a differing set of personalities…
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The very first step in saving a troubled marriage is to accept the fact that there will be no progress unless both people admit there’s a problem. Additionally, both people must be committed to finding a solution to the problem….
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Marriage is a traditional relationship. It is one version of a relationship. Conflict in marriage is challenging. Breaking up is hard to do. Contracts are in both names. Children are involved. Friends and family can only do so much. You…
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Bills, kids, work…a lot of things seem to get in the way of marriage…what better way than to take a weekend off from all our “obligations” and focus on our love with each other. Weekend marriage seminars are a unique…
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I am the first writer in this forum that has a clean case for this question. My wife did not smoke at all when I met her and when we dated. She did not smoke for the first 6 years…
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You have caught your spouse cheating, now what do you do? This is not a question that is easily answered, nor should it be. The emotions that are stirred up by this action are far greater than any other in…
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Pardon me while I scream the answer to this question. YES! Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. Can we really be having this discussion? What in the name of good sense are we trying to do…
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In western culture today, a marriage statistically has as much chance of surviving as a flipped coin has of coming up heads. Like most people, I have many friends and relatives who have suffered divorce. The reasons leading up to…
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Deciding to end a marriage is a heart wrenching decision. Ideally, when we say “I do” it is for better or worse. Sometimes, situation and circumstance get the better of us. If you or your children are the victims of…
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Can a marriage survive and thrive in an atmosphere of lies?  If both partners are committed to keeping their marriage intact, it can survive anything short of death. However, lying diminishes the quality of the marital relationship more than any…
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Note the ‘NOT’ in the title. The truth is, a good share of marriages that end in divorce could probably be salvaged, and a mutual life already built by two people continued, strengthened, and saved. However, when tensions reach the…
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We are different? Is that the problem? Don’t opposites attract? In my marriage that is definitely the case! Twelve years and running…not always..sometimes lagging and not sure where we were headed. I love my husband. He is my life. I…
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Picture your favorite romantic movie. Your favorite love scene. Close your eyes and visualize how that moment must have felt for those two characters. Two beautiful people, bodies caressing, slowly, or aggressivly devouring each other. They are one with each…
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One of the main reasons a marriage fails, and not just in marriages, but in any type of relationship such as friendships, and family ties is lack of communication. In many divorce cases, the marriage ends because of ‘irreconcilable differences.’…
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Sigh… you’ve just watched your favourite soap or sitcom in which the main couple have argued and made up in a spectacular fashion, have had some good laughs, bonded with their children and made the best love of their entire lives… you…
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Nobody will argue that marriage is a union supposed to be blessed by God and solemnized mostly in his presence. The holy books hold marriage as a very sacred thing and its widely known that it’s something that is mandatory…
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Within the progression of society the concept of family in a traditional sense gets left behind, as the focus of our collective attention is aimed toward bettering the future, not incorporating the past. What is old in terms of traditional…
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Initial response ideas for this query gravitated towards issues related to individual emotional needs, societal moral expectations and other issues certain to influence personal decisions. In trying to sort out these factors the idea of needs soon became the obvious…
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Marriage is a powerful union. Marriage is the partnership between two, independent people. A marriage is supposed to withstand the most stressful of times. However, a marriage isn’t perfect. A marriage can be ended in several ways. If you want…
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Every newlywed fully believes and intends to follow through with the “until death do us part” quote, until things go wrong in the marriage. Most couples begin by flirting with each other, then they begin doing special little things to…
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The matter of headship within the family order has become quite a touchy subject in today’s world. The issue has become even more complicated, as the number of families resembling the “perfect” family are a rarity. The original structure designed…
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Compared to even just twenty years ago, there are so many different choices open to married women in today’s world. No longer are women stuck with the stigma that they should stay home after high school and be barefoot, pregnant…
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Love marriages naturally last longer. Still we need to analyze all the facts and I can tell you that I got engaged twenty four hours after meeting my wife, got married three months later and we were over twenty years…
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Pre-marital counseling is made up of one or more counseling sessions with the goal of helping a couple to become fully prepared for a successful marriage. In some cases, clergy members require pre-marital counseling before agreeing to conduct a ceremony….
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Many people date for years and are the happiest couple you can imagine before deciding to marry. Once the vows are said and the rings are on the fingers the same couple may not see things eye to eye. People…
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From the time they were brought home from the hospital I was with them. If you count the nine months they were in my stomach, I was with them from conception. The only exception being my oldest daughter who was…
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If you are the spouse of a military service member, you know that you must be a pillar of strength for your family.  You will most likely be far away from your extended family, so you must be able to…
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Marriage is a lonely business. I learned that important truth early on. When we got together, I knew he was leaving for Navy boot camp in 2 months. In my head, I knew that meant separation, but I figured I…
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I personally believe that leaving love notes is very romantic. There are so many places where men and women could leave little love notes. I, from experience, think that men like to leave little love notes just as much as…
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