When Adam and Eve were married in the Garden of Eden, they married without any fuss or fanfare.  God was their witness.  No bridesmaids, grooms men or clergy were required to be there.  No marriage licenses needed to be signed. …
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Few things on this earth are as beautiful as a woman who glows with the presence of life within her. She needs to hear that you find her more beautiful than at any other time. Allow her to notice you…
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Most of the time, a divorce is the result of conflict, known as interpersonal conflict, and a couple’s inability to manage it effectively. Either that, or they really do simply ‘fall out of love’. First of all, in general, there…
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The question of whether marriage is obsolete has come up on numerous occasions in the media over the past 2 years, most notably through an expose in The Atlantic Magazine, including a piece controversially titled, ‘The Death (and Life) of…
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Emotional cheating is worse than physical cheating and yes it definitely is a reason to break up. As if cheating wasn’t bad enough in the first place, throw some emotions in there and you really do have a recipe for…
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One of the hardest things that anyone may have to face in a relationship is love that dies. In the first throes of a love affair, intensity is the name of the game. Love is a wonderful place to be….
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Moving back home after a divorce may seem like a humbling experience. After all, you left home once, not thinking that you would return to live there again. However, life is unpredictable. Although you find yourself dealing with this issue,…
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The most important necessity within a relationship is communication. As a result, the first red flag in a faltering relationship is the lack of communication, and/or the inability to initiate, especially when in a “rough patch.” Consider the differences in a…
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While in college, this author befriended an El Salvadorean custodian. Now ,there is an unassailable trope about the wise old janitor. Oscar made sport as he worked, giving opinions on everything from work to marital life. Without condemnation Oscar put forth…
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Marriage by proxy is not a new idea. In fact, there are records of marriage by proxy as early as 1490 a.d. In the beginning it was mainly for the royals only. It was a way to broker royal marriages…
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“Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, Go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya brother, you can’t have one without the other.” These wise words of Sammy Cahn in his song, “Love and Marriage,” hit the nail…
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Family pressures are one of the more common reasons. We are still in the age of the old school way of thinking. You know if you are not married you are living in sin. Thank goodness that is leaving the…
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Getting a divorce is easier to than it used to be. It’s also more accepted in Western society than it used to be. Divorce should still be, however, the last resort. Impact on Children How children will be affected by…
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Forgiving could possibly be a very easy obstacle to overcome, or it could be one of the hardest things to do in your relationship. Forgiving your spouse depends upon what they did in order for you to be upset with…
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So how do you tell someone that you don’t love them anymore? Relationships that that no longer work out had to have a resolution of sorts. Without a resolution, you would end up enduring a relationship where neither love nor…
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A good relationship will always be built on the  foundation of trust. Without trust, it’s nearly impossible to have anything to build on. You start out in a new relationship, not knowing how it will end or if it will…
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Sometimes a troubled marriage shows signs of failure before one party officially gives up the ghost. If you’re a woman living in this space you need to know it, and take the extraordinary steps required to fight for your husband….
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Flying Solo “Mom I’m sick and tired of hearing you complain about dad. Either you leave him or stop complaining. You sound like a broken record!” At twelve years old I shouted these words to my mother for the first…
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Fighting fairly in a marriage is important. Sometimes a good argument or venting is a necessity to clear the air for a relationship to continue to progress and evolve. Leaving things all bottled up can lead to a more disasterous…
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Fighting the issue and not the person is the safest manner in which to ensure a fair fight. Marriages inevitably suffer through fights, but if they are done in a fair fashion, then the fights should end quicker and with…
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How do you fight fairly in a marriage? That’s an interesting question. A better question might be, can you fight fairly in a marriage? In any marriage, whether newlywed or celebrating that silver anniversary there comes that time when you…
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Fights are bound to happen, and they can be healthy if they are done respectfully and with forethought. This may sound like a television sound bite, but fights can be fought intelligently. They should not be to denigrade, but to…
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