Cross-Gender Friendships

Many marriage experts debate whether or not being friends with a person of the opposite sex is healthy or a matter of playing with fire. What do you think? A cross-gender friendship is a friendship that a married spouse has with someone of the opposite gender. There are some pros and cons to having such friendships. On one hand, why should a spouse feel the need to give up on a long standing friendship just because he or she has gotten married? There are people that just tend to get along better with people of the opposite sex for one … Continue reading

Are You to Blame for Your Spouse’s Affair?

If your spouse has an affair with someone else, should you take some of the blame? One issue that I see coming up in the forums often enough to be a concern is the subject of having a spouse who cheats. In many of the posts, the spouse who is being cheated on wants t figure out what he or she did wrong in the relationship to cause the cheating. There are many things in a married relationship that can lead to cheating. Often women cheat because they are feeling neglected or unloved. Men tend to cheat to increase their … Continue reading