Infidelity is one of the most difficult trials a man and wife could ever go through. The one who was cheated on carries an enormous amount of pain that only God can fully heal. The images alone are enough to…
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Prior to getting married, my mother informed me that the first two years would be the worst. My husband and I are now half-way through the second year and I feel we have a pretty good handle on dealing with…
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Will you ever learn to trust your partner again? How can you ever find the capacity to forgive? Rebuilding trust in a marriage takes a great deal of courage and although you may never forget the pain and anguish that…
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The obvious answer to this question is to keep cameras out of your house! Of course, there are a variety of different theories on why the breakup of America’s Reality Sweethearts was “inevitable” but the truth is, marriage is difficult,…
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When we are newly married, we seem to relax a little about things like eating and weight. After all, we now have someone that loves us for exactly who we are and we are happy. In short, we are no…
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“And they lived happily ever after!” We hear them at the end of every fairy tale and somehow we grow up dreaming of it whole through our lives. “Love marriage” was a taboo some 20-25 years ago and slowly with…
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What we can say about so-called “love” marriages is that the percentage of successes versus failures is the same as the flip of a coin. The number of divorces per marriage alone makes love marriages a losing bet in the…
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As a newlywed, I found myself almost constantly in a celebratory mood. I also found that I wanted to set a tone of carefree-living and happy times from the beginning, so my bride and I were eating out rather a…
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The first two years of marriage are said to be the most difficult for newlyweds to survive. Below are ten tips for those just beginning their marital journey together. Strengthen the new team. Each person should start thinking of the…
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From the minute we are conceived humans go through many developmental stages (we even go through a stage in utero where we look like a sea horse -giddy-up). One famous stage, because it is pretty annoying to everyone involved is…
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My past is dark and devoid of family. This is actually the truth. So when I got married, I found that I had very little to contribute in the area of family traditions. I had not experienced even one family…
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As a rule people think the purpose of marriage counseling is to save a marriage yet sometimes the opposite happens and counseling leads to divorce. Everyone is familiar with the phrase “don’t fix what isn’t broken” and it is this…
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My husband and I are sneaking up on our second anniversary. We are about to hit that crucial point, the two-year point, of being married. Except, we find that it isn’t a big deal, we haven’t attempted to kill each…
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The 2 keys to developing new traditions in your new family are to communicate and be flexible. We all want to continue our favorite childhood traditions that have brought us so many fun times and happy memories into adulthood, and…
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There are myriad books out there with marital advice and of course we have people like Dr. Phil, and all of this is great but I have the best, by far, book recommendation for married couples… THE BIBLE! This is…
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Dividing up household chores for newlyweds isn’t particularly difficult as long as both parties agree that it should be done. Like everything else about getting married, this should be addressed before the wedding. Unfortunately, this is not one of the…
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There is a glaringly obvious answer to this title. Pick a mate who is better suited to you than Nick and Jessica were to eachother! It is true that they seemed very much in love and much of the tv…
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The old saying goes that “if you aim for nothing, you will hit it.” Newlyweds face the unique opportunity to have a fresh beginning to set new goals for their life together. Whether they are young or old, goals are…
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Well, is it my money or yours? Or, is it our money? This should be solved before the “I do’s” are spoken. A lot of how you do this depends on where you are in your life. The title insinuates…
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No one walks down the aisle as a bride or waits at the end of it for their beautiful bride thinking, “hmmmm….in a few years we’ll get a divorce.” Yet many people do live that way. Most people think of…
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Everybody is entitled to their point of view hence choosing to keep your last name or to switch to your husband’s name should entirely be the woman’s prerogative and not forced upon. This said, personally I feel that switching to…
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You’ve opened all of your wedding gifts, written thank-you notes, and unpacked suitcases from your honeymoon travels. What next? After the honeymoon, many couples find themselves in an unexpected slump. With the excitement of the wedding over and the reality…
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I hope that you have discussed if and when you want to have children BEFORE you got married. Still, some considerations do exist once you are married: 1. Are you ready to focus your attention on the new child rather…
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One of the biggest challenges newlyweds face is the task of juggling the needs and demands of his family versus her family. The conflict often escalates to disasterous proportions during the holidays. Family traditions are particularly strong during traditional festivals….
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The holidays are supposed to be a time of celebration with those we love, not a stress inducing yearly ordeal. As a newlywed couple you may find yourselves caught in the dilemma of whose family gathering do you attend for…
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“You don’t know marriage until you’ve been through it for 25 years.” It is things like this I’ve been hearing for my entire life. I haven’t been married for 25 years, but take it from a veteran – you don’t…
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You hear people say that their spouse is their best friend. Well if that were true wouldn’t there be a lot less divorce in the world. My best way to define a friend is someone you can count on and…
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