Marriage and Divorce

It is not very easy to maintain a good marriage when a spouse is deployed, because two thing s are usually involved. A spouse might come back dead or alive as have being seen in Afghanistan and Iraq where the British ,American and…
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With the war on terror continuing on, we are seeing some of our military men and women beginning to come home after serving on lengthy deployments. A soldier that is returning from the battlefield is coming bearing memories that we,…
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When the subject of homosexual marriage is addressed by the religious community, the Bible is usually quoted. One of the most popular quotations is I Corinthians 7:2-4, which states “. . . let every man have his own wife, and…
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What would make two people meet, fall in and out of love, become ugly and hateful towards each other in the space of four weeks, sometimes even less? If that is alarming, how about two people who have been married…
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I remember her voice on his voice mail ‘darling I’ll be late tonight’. I also remember the feeling that I had been hit in the middle of my chest by a wrecking ball. In a second my self esteem plummeted…
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There are many reasons why a husband should help with the housework. I hope the greatest reason he will help is that he wants to help. The couple is a team and working together makes the household tasks less stressful….
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I always wondered why some couples make it and others just don’t. I kept looking at the obvious reasons for a relationship to fail, such as lying, cheating, fighting, nitpicking, and the list kept growing until I had a moment…
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The power of laughter is such that it can do anything from easing a difficult confrontation to healing a broken marriage bed. Due to studies on laughter we have discovered that its effects can be far reaching within a relationship,…
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18 and life Being only 18 years old and wanting to marry my girlfriend of 3 months may sound crazy to many, but thats hat we did. There was no planning no romantic proposal no thousand dollar ring. We married…
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The number of years spent in a marriage simply living together aren’t really important. Maturing as two individuals supporting each other is an amazing experience. Growing together and bonding during decades of married life is a rich and unique experience….
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Depending on the need, military deployments can be as long as 18 months or as short as 3. Regardless of the length of time, the homecoming far outweighs the sacrifices and adjustments that are required of the spouse left stateside….
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Do we get married first, or do we test the waters and move in together and see how it works out? This is the question couples face today. Today it is acceptable and perhaps even preferable to live together first,…
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A date night with your spouse is critical for romance to stay alive in your relationship. Just going out because you don’t want to cook or there’s a movie playing you wanted to see when you’re both available doesn’t always…
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Although it may seem a bit of a strange analogy, a marriage is like a car. They both need to be looked after and maintained, because if not, they’re subject to breaking down. So, for a successful and lasting marriage…
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Why should husbands do housework? Because they make the messes, that’s why. Ok, so they don’t make all of the messes but they contribute, as does the wife, the children, the pets, the houseguests. You can’t make the pets or…
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Falling in love with someone in a uniform may be every person’s fantasy, but trust me, when you capture his or her heart and the marriage has begun, the fantasy will change drastically. It isn’t that it can’t still be…
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Nothing in the world says “I love you.” like a man with a mop in his hand and a smile on his face. In today’s world of two income households, where time is very limited for both parties, housework can…
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  Marriage is something a high percentage of people will experience in life and a shocking number of those that get married will get divorced!  This impacts not only the couple, but also the children and other family members as…
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The honeymoon’s over, the fairytale has come to a crashing halt that definitely didn’t end in “happily ever after” and you are staring at this person you married in amazement. You don’t even recognize them! This person, who started out…
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Deployments tend to have a negative effect on married couples.  It is a sad truth that a lot of the marriages do not last the effects of an enlistment in the service, especially if there is a deployment involved.  While…
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The second wife is the foot mat until she proves herself. She is not the foot mat to the husband, but to everyone who was around during the first marriage. I thank God I did not have this problem, but…
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My first marriage went well until one day we both realized we were headed in different directions. We ended as friends, amicably, with the kid’s best interest first and foremost. Now I was a single parent and those of us…
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There are 3 c’s in a marriage; the first being the most important of all…compatibility. Compatibility is the glue that holds a marriage together. Compatibility mostly being a same value and belief system. For instance, a believer in monogomy is…
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After enjoying 31 years of a robust and healthy marriage, I can say with unwavering certainty that I don’t have a clue how it happened. The best I can offer is that it’s been luck, then try to deconstruct that…
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This is ‘The Lament of the Real SAHM’ – that would be, the ‘Sometimes At Home Mother’. One day there will be a movie about modern motherhood and it will be called: “Wife. Interrupt what’s that darling? Interrupted.” Recently I…
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Why was there no choice for either one, depending on the circumstances? I chose this side of the argument because in my experience I have been the better one at ‘controlling’ (I prefer the word, handling) the family budget but…
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Marriage is not easy, and there is no magic formula for a successful one. However, crucial to a happy relationship is learning to accept yourself as well as your significant other. And part of acceptance is recognizing your faults as…
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We both work and we have two children at home. I began working nights so that we could stop paying out so much in childcare. Me and my husband meet in passing. When I have a day off, it’s usually…
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When you are an upbeat, happy person, you attract equally happy people into your life, thus increasing the potential of having happy relationships. Relationships cannot “make” you happy, but you can “make” the choice to be happy.  Happiness comes from within.  Loving and accepting…
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You’re getting married! Good for you! Your husband-to-be was married before. Uh-oh. Now, perhaps, you believe that your marriage will have little to do with his first marriage and vice versa. This is usually not the case. Although this scenario…
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