Marriage and Divorce

When people think of household duties, the obvious comes to mind: laundry, cooking and cleaning, chores that need doing continuously. With men and women both working outside the home, these duties can sometimes be difficult to complete. Overwhelmed by many…
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Marriage is wonderful, blissful even, however there is a lot of forgiveness involved. Pastor Mark Darling of The Rock Church in Minneapolis, once preached saying to get married is to die to self. You must always, daily, die to yourself…
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Do you criticize your spouse? Come on, people are all guilty to some degree or another. Maybe you criticize the way he/she chews their food to loudly; or he/she uses improper grammar. Your husband probably slacks off on his household chores;…
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A couple is made strong because they are functioning adults, separate from each other. They each have interests, strengths and diversity that they bring to the relationship. While it is important to have commonalities, it is equally as important to…
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To remarry or not to remarry, that is the question. Some individuals hate living alone. They don’t like not having a partner to keep them company and rather than be lonely, they jump into a relationship. Any relationship, without giving…
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Every day, thousands of children are dealing with divorced parents.  There are an estimated 1,000.000+ children of divorce.  This comes with a set of psychological problems of it’s own without the parents trying to place the child in the middle….
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Ending a marriage is a death of a way of life.  It does open the door to new possibilities but it can send the participants into a whirlwind of emotions.  Everyone is different with varying circumstances and there is no…
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Spending time together is like sex. It’s fun and helps in getting to know each other, but it also starts getting boring when you don’t make an effort or if you start seeing it as a chore. It’s an easy…
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Spending time together as a couple is important for all couples, but especially important for newlyweds, as they need that time to cement their relationship. For most newlyweds, having a desire to spend time together is not a problem. When…
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Deadbeat moms are not talked about as much as “deadbeat dads” but they do exist. Mothers who had no business giving birth in the first place because they simply have no maternal instincts. The children of these mothers often end…
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Marriage, in the sense it was originally intended, is quickly moving towards extinction. In this day and age when it seems as if people live with an every-man-for-himself philosophy the institution of marriage has become a shell of what it…
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In relationships, there is often one partner that is more of a giver while the other is more of a taker. This doesn’t mean that both people aren’t giving as well as taking at times, only that they each lean…
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Mail order brides are simply another form of arranged marriage. Chances are that if you had a relative that was a gold miner during the gold rush days, you either have or know of a family member that was a…
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Reality television programming has become a huge industry, enveloping people into the homes and lives of others that they do not really know personally, but might begin to feel as though they do. This industry has come to be big…
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Your marriage has ended and you are possibly regretting that it ever happened. Don’t be! All things in life happen for a reason and there are lessons to be learned from each of them. While it is sometimes difficult to…
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If there is a dispute in a marriage or any other kind of relationship, one of the most important conflicts that arise will be this question: Is each party to the dispute involved an arguer or a pouter. This will…
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Whether you’re divorced or widowed, you’ve probably asked yourself the question “Do I ever want to get married again?” Heaven knows, everyone else is always asking you “Aren’t you going to get married again?”, “When are you going to get…
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We are at our most vulnerable with those we love. They can make us feel good, safe, and secure. Thus, they can also hurt us more deeply than any other person. When have have disagreements or problems with our partner,…
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Ok, so we all know that marriage it’s self on has about a 52% of out lasting the “D”. And now we find out that a second marriage only has about a 20% chance of actually making it work, or…
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When it comes to marriage you wanted it to be forever. The vows you took had you sticking it out until the very end. The day you got married the thought of getting divorced never crossed your mind. Now you’ve…
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We’ve all read articles, seen the websites, television shows, and maybe in some cases have known someone that would be considered a Russian mail order bride. For the most part the stigmas attached to the men and women that use…
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It is every bride and groom’s worst nightmare. You wake up on your wedding day totally enthused to spend the rest of your life with the person you’re intended to. You spend months preparing and planning out even the most…
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Obtaining a civil annulment is not as easy as it sounds; sometimes it is more difficult than getting a divorce because the reasoning has to be specific. Some people might believe that if they marry and decide they are not…
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There is no way to sugar coat this one, relationships aren’t easy. There will be great times of laughter and joy but there will also unfortunately be times where you will not see eye to eye, as every couple goes…
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After being unhappily married for two years, I decided to make a change. Over the course of a year, I had quietly let my husband know that I was no longer happy in our relationship. It seemed no matter what…
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The question of whether adults should stay married regardless of how happy they are is, in essence, the choice of each individual couple. There are many gray areas in marriage that cannot be judged as being happy or unhappy. Sometimes…
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How to forgive your spouse My knee-jerk reaction to this particular topic is to say something like, “Unconditionally and completely, is how you should forgive your spouse.” But with further thought I find the issue of spousal forgiveness to be…
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In all relationships, especially close ones such as the romantic type, conflicts are certain to arise that will eventually spark fights. Unfortunately, mudslinging during a fight is hurtful while it also creates resentment that strains a relationship and sets the…
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Being cheated on is almost a universal fear.  You cannot even walk into a supermarket without seeing a tabloid about who is cheating on who.  Because of this, the world has become obsessed with cheating scandals, and may even create…
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Nowadays, in the western world we find a large number of people that are involuntarily single after thirty. Their dilemma is not anymore to get married or not, but if they can find an appropriate person to marry. In this…
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