Many people don’t realize it until they get married, but being married takes work. Marriage is a lot more difficult if there are not two people carrying the load. In the ideal marriage the couple understands one another, the limitations that they both have, and of course what they can expect from one another. […]
If you ask a lot of divorced individuals why their marriage failed a lot of them will tell you that it was all rooted in sex, or lack thereof. While sex is important and can be a contributing factor, sex is usually not the only thing that went wrong.
In fact, in most cases […]
Marriage is hard work. Many people find this out shortly after getting married and they assume that they simply are in a marriage that is doomed to fail. The thing is that you can make your marriage work, you just need to know what to change and what you can work on. […]
I’m not sure if you’ve seen it or not, but chances are you heard about it. Oprah had relationship expert M. Gary Neuman on her show to discuss his new book, “The Truth About Cheating”, and he ruffled a few feathers.
I thought it was a great interview, but a lot of people, women in particular, […]
Modern commentators on marriage have long said that without a mutual perception of equality, partners cannot negotiate the many demands of life. In marriage, partners need to perceive each other as having equal importance. If this is not felt or understood, one partner has an inclination to engage in an insidious game of trying […]
A common realization for couples when their children begin moving out is that they will soon be alone together. For some couples this may be the first time in their relationship that they will not have to address the issues of raising children. For others, it has been so many years ago that […]
As every problem has a beginning, so does everything positive too! Unfortunately, when many people set themselves to the task of trying to “fix” a failing marriage, they neglect to look at the initial positives– all of those wonderful assets which were there at the very beginning of their marriage, and even prior to their […]
Many couples say that their marriage became a lot more difficult to manage after they had kids. This is very common and that is because the couple has to take the focus off of one another and instead focus on the children for the most part. Many marriages slowly deteriorate, but they don’t […]
There is an old saying that there’s a silver lining to every cloud. While marriage is probably one of the most difficult things you will ever have to go through, the truth is that it’s the perfect example of a cloud with a silver lining. Although you’re divorced, you have the option to […]
Many of us say until death do we part and we mean it, and then months or years down the line we find that we are reasonably happy in our marriage but we are suddenly attracted to someone other than our spouse.
This is a common occurrence, and it happens to the best of […]
