1. First realize that you WILL have squabbles. No marriage is perfect, no person is perfect. You WILL put your foot in your mouth, he WILL say something he didn’t really mean, she WILL forget to do something you asked……
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It appears that changing one’s maiden name to the married name is a socially and culturally acceptable custom that has little to do with any loyalty on the part of the woman toward her husband.   Married women should have the…
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Traditions enrich a marriage, and bond a couple in the mutuality of shared experience. They are richer, and more meaningful, when they are traditions that you have developed yourselves, and become part of your own special world which is exclusive…
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How to decide if marriage is right? I would present it as, when marriage is right. With all of the problems currently going on over the proper definition of marriage, traditional marriage is taking a big hit. We all want…
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In a time when at least half of all marriages fail, it is important to go into it with your eyes wide open. Many people enter marriage with unrealistic expectations and dreams. Marriage is not like a fairytale. Having a…
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It has become a part of the wedding dream. The fairytale wedding dress, the castle setting, the catered reception overflowing with fine food and company, followed by the honeymoon for two weeks in some tropical paradise. However, having an expensive…
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The wedding bells have quit ringing and you are back from your honeymoon. Now you are beginning to settle into life as newlyweds. You may find that seasoned married couples you know are offering advice all of the sudden. While…
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A struggling economy can be a difficult environment for newlyweds.  Couples that are just married are juggling so many things, and if the economy is having a tough time, then it could directly influence the newlyweds.  There are a few…
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Wedding is seen as the holy union of two persons into one.This simply means that two people from entire different biological families decide to come together to form their own family. Recent findings have shown that most new weddings do…
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When you’re in love any place can be romantic. The most romantic vacation spots usually have beautiful scenery. You’d be surprised at how many of these lovely spots are in the United States. California and Oregon are two of the…
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As I write this my husband, Randy, is hunched in a New Holland skid loader, grinding gears, scooping rich clay dirt into the bucket, jostling the machine back up the earthen ramp, and depositing said dirt into an ever-growing pile….
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A couple’s decision to have a baby does not generally come about because of what other people think. However, when a couple has just got married they can feel that the pressure to have children increases. This is because friends…
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When newlyweds get married there is a period of adjustment that must take place before the couple start having children. But, usually there is a continual pressuring that comes from relatives, friends, and even co-workers. It is a persistent, unrelenting…
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Congratulations on your new marriage! This is such an exciting time in your life, but it is also a time of great change. Even if you and your new husband or wife have lived together prior to marriage, changes are…
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Your sex life has no expiration date. Older men and women over 70 have plenty of sexual thoughts, feelings, ideas and desires. What is sad about some of these seniors with these feelings is the lack of partners, either due to…
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Never underestimate the power of variety when it comes to the bedroom. Shake things up a bit! We all fall into ruts, at work, at school, with friends and even in our intimate relationships. Occasionally we just need to liven…
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CNN reports that 40 million Americans are stuck in sexless marriages.  So, how can we have better sex?  Dr. Laura Berman states that we read magazine articles, buy books, and watch television when there is something in the news about…
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We always hear the typical rumors that after couples get married, they gradually start to go on dates less and less.  This small factor, that may seem completely harmless at the time because couples are so ‘busy’, could in fact…
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Love cannot be defined by specific words or actions because it encompasses so much. The love shared between a married couple is very special and unique to them. If you find yourself wondering if your spouse still loves you, then…
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There was some Doctor or Philosopher, who said once: ‘If a couple, were to put a dime into a jar, every-time they have sex, before they get married? Then, remove a dime from that jar, every-time they have sex, after…
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Introducing porn into a marriage can be a very healthy form of stimulation-either as a couple viewing it, or each partner viewing it separately.  There certainly is nothing wrong with a healthy sexual fantasy life for married couples.  It is…
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This should be a no brainer for boys! But men are the biggest culprits of lying on the couch and getting complacent. Also a man’s libido is for men what hormones are for women. But gals can get frigid as…
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Everything old is new again – at least at some point. Ideas are often recycled in fashion, color, vacations, and cars, and intimacy is not to be excluded from the mix. It seems people want to get to know each…
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 “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins,” oh but to have the passion of Vladimir Nabokov, to feel the pulsing desire of a love so great that words alone would suffice, but words like these are rare and…
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A growing issue in  today’s society is divorce due to no passion in the relationship. According to Divorcerate.org fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Divorces have increased thirty percent since 1970. Couples in  today’s society think if they can…
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