Marriage and Divorce

“I will take your hand in marriage, and that’s all you get when it’s over”.  Sounds harsh, but this is often the effect on couples requiring a per-nuptial agreement.  Ideally, men and women work hard for the things they accumulate. …
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Enjoying marital bliss after the honeymoon stage Or How I survived marriage, and actually enjoyed it You know the story: boy meets girl, boy likes girl (girl likes boy as well but she doesn’t tell him), eventually, boy marries girl,…
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We’ve spent thousands on the dress, the veil, the shoes, manicures, hairstyles, invitations, flowers, candles, and on the photographer and videographer who record it all to make sure we remember exactly why we are now waking up next to a…
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Couples anxiously pray for the ceremony to end and the honeymoon to begin. Honeymoons are fantasies fulfilled. Touching, feeling, exploring, and learning all about each other. Marital bliss is easy to achieve during most honeymoons. Soon, it is time to…
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Your man is forced by economic circumstance to travel for work or even to live at least part time in another city maybe even another state. Whether you have children or not, you may have put down roots wherever you…
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Marriage is the bonding between man and woman. Why? Because the Book of Genesis in the Holy Bible tells us so. Adam and Eve were the very first two to be joined together in holy matrimony, yet due to some…
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What happened to the marital idea that couples marry to raise a family and grow old together. Perhaps, the question asked by the man to the woman should be changed from “Will you marry me?” to “How long are you…
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Being bored with your sex life may be a sign that you need to change your attitude. We live in a world that makes it easy to take each other for granted. One reason is because of the hectic life…
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Few things are as controversial as a prenuptial agreement, which legally allocates a couple’s assets upon the dissolution of the union. Traditionally, prenuptial agreements have been used to ensure that a wealthy spouse does not lose half of his or her fortune in…
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It seems as though some people can’t decide if they ever want to get married or not.  Gone are the days when a little girl had her wedding planned by the time she was five.  Now she knows what career…
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Love is one of the greatest feelings that all people search for, it is the feeling that makes you feel as if you are in heaven and that everything is perfect when your beloved one is next to you. It…
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Marital bliss should not end once the honeymoon stage of a new marriage seems to disappear. Couples have to work at a marriage to have a strong successful bond that will, and is suppose to last a lifetime. People enter…
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Sharing housework with one’s husband or wife may seem like a laughable, inconsequential subject, but in reality it has become to bane of existence for many couples. Arguments and misunderstandings stemmed from the fact that if the wife stayed home…
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To be the best wife/husband in the world doesn’t mean the best wife for every man, nor does the best husband in the world mean it is the right man for every woman. It is being the best you can…
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While it may sound like a cliché knowing that the responsibility of housework is for wives, husbands should help out in the house, too.  It’s understandable that these men have other priorities, too.  They work long hours, and they might…
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Whether you are a newly wed celebrating your first Christmas together or an old married couple with decades under your belt, New Years and the incumbent resolutions are just around the corner. A fun way to ring in the New…
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Gone are the days when the norm was for all married couples to have children. This is the twenty first century and people do not need to have children just to show the world that they are fertile and have…
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Interpretation of the concept “married for life” may vary considerably depending upon your personal belief system, upbringing and culture. Because of the wide range of possible interpretation, ‘married for life’ can prove to be problematic for young people who are…
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Being a stay at home mother is an extremely challenging job and many people do not appreciate how difficult it is. For many, a stay at home mother is someone who has a wonderful day, who has taken the ‘easy…
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What is the secret to keeping your marriage alive? That is an easy answer: Communication! Well, not so much when it appears that marriages fail due to the lack of just that. Communication is the number one key to keeping…
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Clean houses are usually safer and healthier places to live than dirty ones. For husbands who choose not to help around the house, neither of these options are likely to be in his future. Wives more and more are becoming…
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Harmonious feelings can be the building blocks for many healthy relationships and families. Couples that are able to discover harmony in a marriage often find that they are happier. There are many ways that couples can build harmonious feelings and…
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What do wives want? Wives may also be mothers. Husbands are supposed to help with the children. A wife does the laundry, cleans the house and cooks the meals. Some wives have full time jobs. There are some who are housewives. Whether…
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Happy marriages that are made up of two people who care about each other and respect each other are strong marriages. If each person in this marriage only wants the best for their spouse and is unselfish about meeting their…
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Discussing your financial future is as much a part of wedding planning as is the choice of venue and flowers. To be honest, it is often in the preparation of a wedding day that finances come to the forefront of…
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It is rewarding to raise children as a stay-at-home mother. Whether the sacrifice is appreciated enough depends on whom you ask. Every family and extended family have different expectations about how much time a mother should stay at home raising…
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Despite the fact that the divorce rate hovers around 50% for first marriages, most people do not enter into matrimony expecting their union to ultimately dissolve. Not only do they not foresee it, they don’t wish it, either. Yet, this…
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Once you get married, you’ll be entering a new world and a new dimension where “I” becomes a “we”, and “me” becomes “us”. Marriage entails compromise between beliefs, understanding of each other’s shortcomings and a tolerance for the personal quirks…
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In the early 20th century it was common to marry young; divorce, on the other hand, was not so common. So, why in a modern society that is deemed an overflowing well of intellectualism and independence is it looked down…
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When a husband or wife gets old and grumpy, unfortunately you cannot trade him/her in for a new, less grumpy model. Well, actually, you could, but hopefully your affection for the old codger, or codgeress, would dictate the wisdom of…
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