Three tips to help understand faith's role in a relationship—and how to make it work.
In case you've been out of iPhone contact for the past couple weeks, here's the latest: Over New Year's weekend, Russell Brand filed for divorce from Katy Perry. This is just musing and speculation, but what if Katy and Russell began the exit from the "honeymoon phase" of their romance, and realized their values and life goals were totally different? How can you avoid that mistake in your life?
Looking at the six love lessons to take away from Marc Anthony and JLo's marriage and divorce.
Another celebrity marriage has gone by the wayside. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are no more. Now that the media hubub has died down, there are certain things we might be able to learn and apply for our marriages.
You would think that after a while, there wouldn't be anything we could learn from a celebrity divorce. But its not true. I think we can always learn something, so we don't have to repeat mistakes of others! Not that I wish harm on anyone or any relationship - that isn't the case at all. Just that when bad things do happen, we can observe, learn, and try not to let things creep into our own relationships that might be problematic.
The Superbowl is one way that you can make a connection as a couple to deepen your relationship.
Do you enjoy the things your spouse does? You don't have to like them all, but pick a couple to enjoy together. It will help your marriage grow as you connect in more ways than just the bedroom. The Superbowl is one way that you can make a connection as a couple to deepen your relationship.
Forget personal goals. This year, make your resolutions about your marriage.
Goal setting is always a big deal in the first days of a new year. How often do you hear about couples setting goals though? Not so often. Here are some ideas to get you thinking about marriage goals in 2011.
Telling your kids the truth about Santa is also an opportunity to strengthen your marriage.
While you may have differing ideas of when and what to tell your kids about the big elf in the red suit. Having the talk about Santa is a time to come together as a couple and a family. And, no matter your experience with Mr. Claus, telling your kids the truth about Santa can be an opportunity to strengthen your relationship. Here are some things you can consider together as a couple to help ease the pain:
From grace to quality time, there are six free holiday gifts we can give our spouses all year long.
I love Christmas. Its a great time of year for family, getting together, Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks, and gifts. Gifts rock. I like getting them. My wife and I differ on gift giving - she is one who likes to give ‘experiences’ not ‘stuff’. A trip together would be a better gift, in her mind, than say, diamond earrings. I'm the opposite, I like getting 'stuff'. I don't connect with ‘experience’ as much as I do a physical ‘gift’.
No matter what your gift giving style is, this time of year is a great reminder of the gifts we should be giving throughout the year, and if it takes this particular season to help us remember what we need to be doing more often, that's a good thing.
Why "Inattention Blindness" can hurt your marriage.
Saturday was my day to go to traffic school. I had to report there before November so my ticket for driving 50 in a 30 doesn't go on my record. When I reported to the class at 8:30 that morning, I never thought I would leave with information to help my marriage. Here is some of what I learned.
The family that dresses up for Halloween together, stays together.
What happens when two grown adults who like to dress up on Halloween have a child? Well, he gets to be part of the madness, until he wants to begin deciding for himself what he wants to be for Halloween. What are his parents to do? Especially since he keeps changing his mind?
We all have to have "THE TALK" sometime, what are you going to say?
Our son just turned five, and it won’t be too long until he will be getting notes from little girls (or sending them himself) with “Do you like me? Check Yes, No, or Maybe (that middle box)” scrawled across the page. How are we supposed to guide him on this journey of love, sex and marriage? We have figured out a few things we think he should know for his journey.
In a culture of marriage naysayers, married couples need some strong cheerleaders.
Even on the best days, marriage can be tough. If you know someone who is married (and we all do) we need you to be fans of our marriage. Cheer us on, and encourage us in our most important relationship!
If I could cosmically jump back in time and talk to myself about sex, here's what I'd say.
I have often thought about what I would tell myself if I had the chance to go back and relive high
school. There are a lot of things that I would tell myself to do differently but I believe the most important thing would be in regard to sex.
