Whether you are engaged to be married, a newlywed, or have been married for many years, there are excellent books to read that can provide knowledge to enhance your marriage. While a book cannot take the place of pre-marital counseling…
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Are separate sleeping arrangements the key to a good night’s sleep? When bedtime habits do not align, some partners are resorting to separate bedrooms as a way to avoid sleep deprivation. Proponents of the ‘sleep divorce’ concept maintain that romance…
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In the majority of cases, today’s marriage does not last a lifetime even though that is what God intended for a man and woman joined in holy matrimony. Marriage was created with the idea that a man and woman should…
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Is love really blind? Does it get beyond being blind? These are questions one may pose, but the truth is that unless you are “in” love, you may not know the answers. Even psychologists have a little bother putting together…
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Retiring around the same time as your spouse is a life-changing event. All of a sudden, neither of you will be rushing out the door to get a head start on rush hour traffic to commute to work. You are…
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Getting married is a big step. There are those that fear it because of the increasing divorce rate. It’s inevitable that the honeymoon will eventually end but the marriage doesn’t have to. There are some things that you can do…
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The state of matrimony, being married as a couple, is an extremely difficult situation to maintain over an extended period of time. There are some people who do not believe it is possible to remain committed to one person for…
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After years together and months of wedding planning, you are finally married! Now what? Ideally, you will have discussed merging finances with your partner prior to your union, but now that you’ve walked down the aisle and been declared Mr….
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Enjoying marital bliss after the honeymoon stage means more than a happy ending in a movie. It does seem elusive in a marriage when you combine work, chores and the general busy schedule of a married couple but it is…
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It isn’t easy to maintain a consistent level of connection in your marriage when the demands of busy careers, children and daily life constantly intrude. Your closeness to your partner may dissipate overtime in such a gradual way that you…
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Let’s state the assumptions: We are speaking of married women in a North American setting where traditionally a woman changed her name to reflect her marriage to a certain man. Yes, there are other societies that do things differently, but…
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A marriage is designed to be a long term relationship. It is a serious commitment. Partners who treat their marriage like an important investment realize that they need to protect it. The relationship must endure shifts in interests, aging, emotional…
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Though popular culture often depicts newlyweds as blissful, for some couples the newlywed period is a rude awakening. Life gets into its routine, “sweethearts” become ordinary people, and sometimes it can feel as if the magic is gone. One of…
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Cheating is one of those subjects that people only like to talk about if it doesn’t affect them personally. The truth is no one likes to admit that their spouse is, or has, cheated on them. Cheating is an ugly…
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Till death do you part can be a very long time. Marriages that last do so because couples watch for the warning signs and take action to bring things back on track. If life was completely carefree where would the…
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Many people equate the word “romance” as being synonymous with “sexy” when in fact the two elements are entirely different. Of course, during the initial throws of love, sex came into the picture, but it wasn’t what romance was all…
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Someone once said that no marriage is better than any marriage. That statement couldn’t be further from the truth. A marriage done right is a marriage that brings joy, peace, happiness and contentment. In fact, marriage in general is good for…
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Marriage is one of the most important and most challenging commitments that a person can enter into. The decision to marry another person involves a willingness to take two individual lives and to bring them together as one. The unity…
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Marriage is a wonderful thing that joins two hearts together. The beginning of the marriage is full of romantic outings and loving gestures. Then, as many couples begin settling into their lives together, the romance seems to falter. Life happens…
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Sharing housework may not be the exclusive key to a successful marriage, but it is a major consideration. Maintaining a home involves hard work. Add children and careers to the mix and the work compounds. Marriage is a partnership, not…
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There are people everywhere you turn that will tell you how to maintain a perfect marriage. The one thing these people seem to forget is respect. A simple seven letter word that speaks volumes when it comes to the way couples…
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