Marriage and Divorce

What is love? It is just a word to some , but the strongest emotion and connection one individual can share with another in the eyes of most . How unfortunate it is that the word is used more than…
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The ingredients for a healthy marriage really do not change as the years pass. It requires the same thing today that it did a century ago. How these principles are applied may vary a little. Where the primary emphasis is…
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Marriage is a great deal of work, especially if you are in one that has gotten off track somewhere along the way and is in need of some renewing and revitalizing. It is a much easier, though more painful in…
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Dealing with a “cheating heart” is not something anyone should feel like they are stuck doing for any length of time. The very moment that you realize this is a character trait, more aptly put, a character flaw, ingrained in…
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When a man and woman marry, they have friends that remember them as they were when they were single. Often, these friends are still single and have not yet entered into a commitment for life with another person. They cannot…
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When you are newly married, you are at a wonderful stage in your relationship. Everything is new and exciting. Things that are normally looked upon as chores can take on a whole different aura since you are doing them with…
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Depending upon the way one looks at a marriage and the reason as to why two people get married in the first place, love may only be a certain aspect of the relationship. Marriage can often be a means to…
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Is marriage sacred in today’s world? Sadly,the answer is no. Most of our current generation goes into a marriage with the thought that if I don’t like this or if it’s not working for me, I’ll just get a divorce….
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Marriage starts with the heart but very soon remains only in the mind. When two adults decide to get married, they visualize a life of togetherness to the point of ’till death do us apart’. They dream of fun filled…
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Wouldn’t it be nice if, after you got married, all the hard work was done? Truth is, the hard work has yet to begin. Maintaining a relationship takes time and effort, a lot of effort. So many relationships fail (more…
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Of course marriage can continue without the couple being in love. Marriage is not in and of itself an end to a means. Love is not the only reason marriages work or fail to work. Every relationship demands attention and…
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Yes, unequivocally, marriage can continue without a couple being ‘in love’! To understand the how and why one must first understand the nature of love. This is no small accomplishment, however. In nearly every realm, man has redefined the term……
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To my one true love, You ask me why we should get married. While I agree with you that to many people marriage is just a silly piece of paper and it doesn’t matter as long as we are together…
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Marriage is not easy. It involves a tremendous amount of patience, compromise, trust and sacrifice. It also takes a lot of work. All marriages hit some rough patches, but some truly hover on the brink of divorce. If your marriage…
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Statistics gathered by the United States government in 2005 stated that only 63% of children were raised by both of their biological parents which is dangerously close to 50%. While understanding that there are many issues that affect this statistic…
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The Economics Of Love and Marriage For a couple to get married out of obligation or financial gain, is not only foolish but could turn out to be a disaster. Many married couples do fall out of love over a…
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Marriages today come in all sorts of combinations of different personalities, dreams, and desires of the most perfect Union. However, please do not forget the dreaded baggage that everyone carries with them from their past relationships, which now marries into…
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It is hard to make any generalizations about why American men prefer to marry foreign women. Reasons why so many American males prefer to marry foreign women are vast and varied as individuals themselves. However, there are character and personality…
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A marriage is not only about love. While love is a wonderful feeling, that exhilarating feeling is often short lived. However, two people can grow together with time as partners. Through time, couples that stay married learn to respect one…
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When I was growing up, the mere idea that my parents would pick out my furture husband was repulsive. I went on to make my own mistakes. Devasting mistakes, and realise now that had I let my parents select at…
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As young girls, we dream of our wedding day, in great detail. The colors, the smell of the flowers, all the way down to the number of buttons on our wedding gown. We dream of waking up in our husband’s…
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Making it through a decade of marriage is a wonderful accomplishment and should be celebrated. Finding the perfect way to celebrate that milestone in your marriage can help to show your appreciation and commitment for the last ten years of…
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As a young married couple with 3 little children, my husband in the US Army and our family stationed overseas; time, energy and money was never overly in abundance. It seemed like my husband Terry and I just could not…
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Learn to read the signs. Flowers, special evenings, romantic dinners…come on. There are a lot of articles about the ‘things’ you should see ‘if’ your man loves you. What if your man does not bring flowers, and wine, and sweet…
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What wives want from their husbands most is their love and loyalty. They don’t want their husbands to cheat on them. They want love and comfort. The husband is suppose to be there for his wife. If we are sick,…
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There are people who may say that equal division of housework plays no real part in the success of a marriage. I think that they probably couldn’t be further off the mark. I do understand that if one looks at…
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Mental illness is still so very misunderstood and encompasses a variety of conditions and degrees of diagnosis that range from mild to severe. Understanding this, and that for much of what is considered and diagnosed under the heading of mental…
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Sharing the housework is not the only thing – nor, perhaps, the most important – but it is a major part of life together. Everyone is now expected to go out to work, both partners in any relationship are generally…
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While researching new cars on a popular auto website I came upon a section entitled “Tru Cost to Own”. This section of the site is in reference to the total cost of an automobile over a certain period of time…
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I love lists. When I was young, I wrote down a list of all the qualities I wanted in a husband. As I followed up on that list a year later, I was surprised by the changes. By the time…
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