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Privacy in the Modern Marriage – Time & Technology Make Us Vulnerable

Privacy is a privilege that many of us cling to in a time when emails can be transmitted from one computer to another in nanoseconds. Privacy in the modern marriage is based more on trust than ever before. You can pick up your spouse’s cell phone and in short order have access to their email, their text messages and even the stored list of phone numbers. Privacy in the age of the Internet is a complicated issue. For even the most sensitive of data, you just require a few key numbers to enter and most married couples know their spouse’s … Continue reading →

Musical Traditions at Weddings

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Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s Friday and I’ve been talking about weddings for two weeks now. I hope you all aren’t bored with it because just when I think I’ve run out of things to talk about – I find more! I’m starting to wish I had a wedding to plan just to have some fun with all the ideas I’m exploring here not to mention what I’ve been reading about from Sherry, Michele and Marily – if you haven’t checked out their frugal invitations, wedding travel plans and frugal wedding ideas – now is the time to do … Continue reading →

Fun Marriage Traditions (From Past To Present)

It’s Friday. Today, my husband and I are doing what many married couples before us and after us will do for friends and family. We are going to help my mother move. She’s finally bought her own place. It’s a great experience for her. She’s finally invested in personal property and for the first time in her life, she will own the place she is going to live. She’s very excited about it and my husband, bless him, didn’t miss a beat in the last three months as my mother looked for a new place. So in honor of this, … Continue reading →

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Interestingly enough, where marriage is concerned, love has very little to do with it. It seems that throughout most of the history of Western Civilization love was a flimsy excuse for marriage. Marriage was a matter of survival, power and money. In our modern world, despite our protestations – marriage is still about survival, power, money and we’ve added a fourth ingredient – love. We demand passion in our marriage whereas during the Victorian age, our passion was found in our friendships and affairs, not our marriages. Interestingly enough – despite lacking ‘love’ – marriages not based on love were … Continue reading →

Getting Away from it All This Holiday Season?

About a year ago, my husband and I talked about going to Disney World for Christmas and while it’s not a financial option this year, we are saving up for the possibility of going next year. Spending the holidays away from family and friends may not seem like the holidays unless you are so stressed by the holiday season and time spent with family that it’s the best way for you and your spouse and your children to savor time with each other. Family Gatherings Can Breed Tension That gathering the extended family together can breed an atmosphere of tension … Continue reading →

Planning a Wedding? Make Your Own Luck

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Our greater population and the habits of the American people encourage frequent migration. Many of us do not live in the same city where we were born. So it’s far more likely that the bride and groom come from far different neighborhoods, cities and even states. Chances are their parents didn’t meet for the first time until after they became engaged. Of course, there are exceptions to everything and I know plenty of couples who’ve known each other since childhood and my husband and I grew up in the same area – but it’s so urban that while we knew … Continue reading →