Search Results for: blog relationship advice you deserve to be happy

What Is The Mood Of Your Marriage?

Before thinking that your marriage is doomed and all hope and love is lost. Think about the mood of your marriage. Yes marriages can have moods. Sometimes a marriage gets stuck in a particular mood and needs a refreshing change. For example, if your marriage mood is rush, rush, rush, maybe slowing down for a moment is exactly what you need. In today’s busy world, we can get too wrapped up in life. We rush not to be late to work or school in the mornings. We then rush to soccer practice and ballet in the afternoons. Then it is … Continue reading →

Learn and Study Your Partner

Every now and then you run across a saying or some advice that seems to stick with you. I did just that not too long ago. While reading up on some relationship issues, I came across a religious sermon about strengthening relationships. For some reason the sermon seemed to hit my heart. It felt as if it were personally written for me. Someone wanted me to read it. The main point of the sermon was to learn and study the person you are in a relationship with. Known the person. Know what makes him/her happy. Know what gets under his/her … Continue reading →

Is the Grass Really Greener in Another’s Relationship?

It is very easy to look around at other women and think that they surely have life a lot easier than you. It may be simple things as the cars that they drive or the roses that their husbands bring home in the afternoons. Some women have their homes cleaned on a weekly basis while the rest of us stay up late each night to toss the toys out of the middle of the floor. Some women are treated to a night on the town every weekend while the rest of us are treated to a take-out pizza. I know … Continue reading →

Clear Your Schedule

When it comes to spending time with your spouse, most of us would say that time with our spouses and our families are the most important time we can spend in a day. You would say that, right? I would. But time is a funny thing, it has a tendency to get away from us and we start to put too much importance on getting everything done – from the dishes to the laundry to paying the bills and getting the yard work finished and then there’s the work you need to get done so you can attend the meetings … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for Jan 13-19

Good morning, welcome to the weekend’s marriage blog week in review, our way of trying to catch you up on the blogs you may have missed this week. For starters, in case you may have missed it, a new blogger has joined Sherry and I here as a regular Marriage blogger and she brings with her expertise in marriage therapy as well as in her own unique perspective. So be sure to check out Elizabeth Kane’s blog as you review this week’s entries. Saturday, January 13 Marriage: Mountains and Molehills confronts an issue that while we’re all prone to exaggerating, … Continue reading →

Relationship Advice: You Deserve to Be Happy

A reader recently shared a situation, and closed by asking, “What do I do?” While I could tell people what I think they should do, simply stating what I deem best is not going to resolve the situation; however, I can offer some friendly suggestions that may make it easier to decide how best to proceed. I decided to write this up instead of responding elsewhere, because I hope it may help others in similar situations. Let me start by telling everyone that you deserve to be happy. You’ve heard it before, perhaps numerous times, but don’t just gloss over … Continue reading →

Are You Pregnant and Considering Adoption?

Are you pregnant and not sure you want to keep your baby? Pregnancy causes many changes physically and emotionally, an unplanned pregnancy can be confusing for a woman. Talking with someone who can to help you decide if adoption is the choice that is right for you might help. You may want to talk to your doctor, counselor, minister and family before you make a decision. There are also places where you can receive professional counseling free or very low cost. Crisis pregnancy center. This is a place where they talk only to pregnant women and often only about the … Continue reading →

Sex Drive After Marriage

Many men believe the misconception that after the honeymoon all love making is over. They believe that a woman’s sex drive plunges after a couple of years of marriage. The plunge, I believe, has nothing to do with the marriage license. Before marriage, women have fewer responsibilities. They take care of themselves and have no other bodies that need to be cleaned-up or fed. After a few years of marriage, babies begin to come into the picture. Women then have an added responsibility, added emotional stress, and fewer hours of sleep. Their bodies change in ways they had never imagined … Continue reading →

When Love is Growing Cold

In today’s forums a man discusses how he came home one day to find that his wife had left him. He mentions how their life has practically been centered around his returning to school and applying to medical school. He mentions that his wife occasionally mentioned her resentment about relocating for his schooling. She also seemed to have issues about their life being focused on his dreams. His wife mentioned that their love had been dead for several years. He admits that their love had grown cold. I hear this a lot. After a separation or divorce, the comment that … Continue reading →

People Treat Us how We Let Them

I frequently talk about putting our spouses first, being open and giving and generous in our relationships. I often mention that relationships are give and take, but I don’t concentrate a lot on the “take” part, since most of us are born with a stronger take gene than a give gene. However, we all have things in our lives that make an impact on us and sometimes troubles can leave us feeling vulnerable. We may then find it harder to stand up for ourselves whether it’s out of fear or whether it’s because we’re just tired of fighting. There are … Continue reading →