Marriage and Divorce

You know you have married the wrong person based on a lot of different things that you start to notice gradually over a period of time. I think the last bit of confirmation to yourself is when you realise you…
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There are three ways to legally terminate a marriage-divorce, dissolution, and annulment-and one way to put a marriage on “hold” with the possibility of terminating it at a later time-legal separation. What can sometimes be confusing is that a Separation…
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Being married to a law enforcement officer is tough. Not only do you have to deal with the fact that your spouse has a job which could very well get him or her seriously injured or killed, but you also…
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Chores and bills are both aspects of marriage that should not be considered to belong to one or another spouse. Both should be a shared responsibility upon which both parties is willing to give more than their fair share out…
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Recently a young friend came to me all discouraged and began to pour out his heart. His marriage was in trouble. He continued to tell me that his wife wanted him to leave because he wasn’t contributing anything. I listened….
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I think that marriage is a big step in life. You have literally chosen to spend the rest of your life, until you die, with one person. Thats a big step in and of itself. So you have already committed…
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Listen up, men. You can do housework and still be a “real” man. I suppose some men might suggest that they have to surrender their so-called “man card” in order to get the vacuum cleaner out of the hall closet….
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When your husband works too much … Well, that would depend on the reason. Is your husband spending more time at work because he is trying to make a better life for his family or is he avoiding the home…
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Building a harmonious family with six different personalities and four dogs running around the house is quite an experience . With a few tricks and some work you can turn a mountain back into a molehill. Respect, live it, love…
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It’s a good thing when a man loves his mother, but this is where the term “mama’s boy” can go way, way too far. Trust me on this. I recently read an article in the March 2008 issue of Essence…
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In the world we live in today, the term family can have such a broad definition. There was a time when the “typical family was basically; Mom, Dad, Son and Daughter. Now, with divorce on the rise, blended families are…
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Don’t you just love those half hour “sit coms” where the family is just so understanding? If one member of the family gets into trouble, it’s no problem. Just like magic twenty minutes later the solution appears and everyone is…
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It can reasonably be assumed that submissions to the topic of challenges of being the second wife be composed by women. Not only composed by women but also women who actually are the second wife of some male. After all…
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Open marriages were touted in the 1970’s as the cure for the common marriage. However, what was not factored into this arrangement was that when marriages open up to let others in, the monogamy and bonds that are supposed to…
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We are all unique individuals. I don’t care if its men or women. No two are alike. We are all products of the way we have been raised, our environments, our morals, and our life experiences. I’ve known a lot…
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You like peace. You like calm. You like watching sports. You like your house. You like half your stuff. I think those are pretty good reasons for wanting to do some housework. But I have about 750 more words to…
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There’s an old joke that says the quickest thing to stop a married couple’s sex life is the wedding cake. Unfortunately, that’s true in a lot of different relationships. Work, the pressures of paying the bills, children, maintaining a professional…
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To excite means to arouse a strong emotional response. Think about that for a moment  – the excitement is emotional, not physical. So let’s look at ways to arouse strong emotions in both men and women. The very first thing…
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This is an open-ended topic, a delicious double-entendre of perfectly precise words. Here are two scenarios that come to mind. The first is a lounge-lizard reject from the 1970’s, with a beer gut which overlaps the white belt from that…
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It’s funny – when a relationship starts, we can’t wait to jump into the sack and have sex with our partner. We buy candles, cover the bed with rose petals, go look for massage oils – anything to make sex…
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Did you ever find yourself starting to giggle while having sex with someone you are in love with? When the woman starts laughing during sex, or right before for some strange reason, the guy ends up, how to put this…
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Some would say that marriage is a relationship between two people that should not be based around sex. Parents spend a large amount of time, based on current society, stressing to their children that relationships are not built or based…
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When a couple exchanges their marriage vows during matrimony, it is usually assumed that they are intending to live together as husbands and wife for the rest of their lives. But because marriage involves two people coming together, the differences…
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Do you wonder what happened in your relationship when the sex is starting to fizzle? Do you feel that maybe you are getting old and unattractive? High blood pressure and being overweight can be the culprit. A low-sex marriage is…
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HOW TO PUT THAT SPARK BACK INTO YOUR MARRIAGE As I gazed at my groom standing at the altar, we vowed to keep those promises so many before us have made. But I also knew there were some things I…
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The first question that comes to your mind is: Do we have to do something when we obviously love each other?” Wouldn’t that be sufficient to make our marriage exciting and alive?” True enough, but even lasting, eternal love needs…
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My husband and I have always participated in an open relationship, though we rarely acted on it. Because we were generally reclusive people, we wanted someone to participate in not only our bed but our lives. The idea of empty…
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Real experience is the truth. A testimony to the tried and true-life’s lesson learned. An “open” marriage is not an easy subject to bring up at dinner parties or in casual conversation. You have to transition into this area of…
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It’s insanely true, what they say about sex and marriage…it’s all true. I met this woman at a cafe I frequent. I like the atmosphere and the drafty feeling I get when I sit with a cup of coffee and…
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I recently read a novel where one character stated to another, “You must be the one who loves more?”. This statement and the consequential story that followed, really got me thinking, is it possible that there is always a person…
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