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My Daughter’s Day Without Her Dad

Planning a wedding is so much fun and so much stress. Other than your own wedding there is no wedding you look forward to more than your daughter’s. You want everything to be perfect. Too bad things don’t always work that way. When I got divorced my ex husband and I struggled to figure out what our relationship should be. After a while we came to the conclusion that we wanted to be the best parents we could be to Hailey. Recently my ex husband has decided that Hailey no longer needs him and he doesn’t need to be a … Continue reading →

Would These Fictional Characters Need Life Insurance?

There are many people who believe that life insurance is an unnecessary expense. The reality is that your life insurance policy can provide your family with the finances they need in order to help cover expenses after you have passed away. Fictional characters can provide good examples about who needs life insurance, and who might not need it. Many people avoid thinking about life insurance because it makes them uncomfortable. No one wants to focus on their own mortality, or to consider what life would be like without their spouse. As a result, there are a lot of families who … Continue reading →

Children Turning Parents against Each Other

Children have a funny way of turning parents against each other. It often starts when they are young. They will ask mommy something and if she says no, then they may go to daddy and ask him. If he says yes, then mommy ends up mad and he ends up feeling defensive. Or the same can happen with the roles switched. In a marriage you have to guard against many things. The ability for children to turn spouses against each other is just one of them. It can become even trickier as they get older. Suddenly you are dealing with … Continue reading →

Marriage Lessons For Children

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Sometimes I worry. Ok, most of the time I worry, but this is a specific worry. What am I, a divorced woman, teaching my daughter about marriage. I’ve been divorced since my daughter was ten. My ex husband and I made a point to never argue in front of our daughter, so she never got the chance to see us work things out either. I want my daughter to have a marriage that we all dream about so I trot out all the tired cliches: Marriage is a life long commitment. Anything worth having, including marriage, is worth working for. … Continue reading →

Birth Order Poems for Scrapbooking Your Children

In 1971, Erma Bombeck wrote poems on how mom loves you best to all the children in the family. There are so many different versions traveling around now. Here are a few that are adorable for your scrapbook. Dear First Born I’ve always loved you best because you were our first miracle. You were the genesis of a marriage and the fulfillment of young love. You sustained us through the hamburger years, the first apartment, our first mode of transportation (1955 Feet), and the seven-inch TV we paid on for 36 months. You were new, had unused grandparents, and enough … Continue reading →

Tips for Married Life After Baby

Yesterday we looked at how some new Moms abdicate from normal life when baby arrives. Here are helpful tips and ways we went about preventing this. From the time my children were born, I got them used to noise. The radio or music was always on. We never tiptoed round the house when baby was asleep. They learned to get used to everyday noise. I still went out to tennis, to bible study, to whatever I was involved in. Our daughter was five days old when my husband and I took her to Sunday school with us, where we were … Continue reading →

Change Your Bedding, Change Your Sex Life

Even though the title might suggest such, I’m not about to tell you how to salvage a slumping sex life by simply putting fresh sheets on your bed. (Although, if it has been weeks since you changed them, I could see how that might help.) Rather, I’m talking a makeover for your bed. Courtney, you do realize we’re in the midst of recession, right? Weren’t you the one freaking out about it not too long ago and coming up with ways to survive it without spending a lot of cash? Why, what a great memory you have! Yes, in fact … Continue reading →

Deciding to Make Major Life Changes

I have known many single parents who in the first months and years after a divorce or death of a partner/spouse, the goal was to get life to a “normal” state. They had enough crisis and upheaval to “last a lifetime” or so they thought and they were striving to get things tamed down, predictable and manageable. Inevitably, however, we all end up facing change again and again and the time will come when it is time to make a big decision regarding whether or not to make another major life change. This can be a challenging situation for anyone, … Continue reading →

Marriages without Sex (3)

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Today we conclude the story of Sue, the wife who only had sex with her husband on two occasions throughout the course of their marriage. This was specifically in order to have her two children and the times and dates of intercourse were meticulously planned in order to maximize her chances of conception. You can read the full story of Sue and her husband James by clicking on the links below. After the birth of his second son, via Sue’s clandestine means, James found out that his wife’s reluctance to have sex was grounded in her childhood. Her father had … Continue reading →

Blaming the Divorce on the Children

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As most of the readers know, Courtney has written a few articles on why she chooses to be married without children. In her most recent article she discusses how it always came across to her that her birth caused a lot of disruption in the life of her family. Anyone that has had a baby can tell you that children do change a lot of things. However not everyone feels that this change is negative. In fact it can be very rewarding and joyous for most people. There are many times when mothers and fathers will become frustrated and stressed … Continue reading →