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Why Coming Down from the Honeymoon High Needs to Happen (And That’s a Good Thing).
The honeymoon period of a relationship is that ooey gooey blissed-out moment where you both are in an other-worldly trance, basking in the glow of love, and wondering how you ever lived without one another. There’s no denying it, the honeymoon phase feels good. The tingles on the skin, butterflies in the stomach and heart fluttering in the chest—damn good. The googly eyes, tingly sighs, and jell-o knees—so so good. But, my friend, I’m sorry to break the bad news: The honeymoon phase must end eventually. You need to come down off that high and back to real life—and that’s a good thing. You can’t drive drunk. Just like you…
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Four Challenges That a Young Couple May Face After the Wedding
Did you know that some couples don’t survive their first year of marriage? They do an elegant and beautiful wedding just to end their affair too soon. If you are newly weds, don’t say or do things that could finish your marriage within the first year. Without a doubt, your first year of marriage is extremely significant. It is the moment when you lay a foundation for a successful family and marriage. Like most couples, living happily ever after was your goal when you said your vows. The first year of living together is when your vows will be put to a test. By the end of it, each of…
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12 Reasons Married Couples Should Sleep in Separate Beds
Sleeping together may ignite the wrong flame Fighting with your spouse can cause you both to lose sleep, but losing sleep can also cause you to fight with your spouse. This chicken-egg conundrum has serious health implications for couples, especially if sleepless nights are more than a rare occurrence. In a new study at The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, researchers acquired blood samples from 43 couples, both before, and after, they had a fight, on two separate occasions. The couples supplied information about topics known to generate spats in their household, as well as their recent sleep history. Researchers instructed each couple to discuss the contentious…
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8 Troubling Signs Your Marriage Is Headed for Divorce
You speak but don’t communicate Your communication doesn’t have to be meaningful day in and day out. But it’s troubling if you never talk with your spouse about anything beside, say, the weather or who needs to get more milk. “It’s a bad sign when speaking to each other seems superficial,” says Marni Feuerman, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Boca Raton, Florida. “If you keep the day-to-day stuff inside, it creates distance and disconnection in your marriage,” says Feureman. That can make you feel less affection and fondness for your partner. The same goes if it’s one person doing all the talking and the other doing all the…
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9 Surefire Ways to Fall in Love After Marriage, All Over Again
Finding love, getting engaged and getting married are amazing milestones in life. Each step is filled with excitement, good times and of course, the memories of falling in love. The entire journey of falling for someone is an unforgettable one and despite popular belief, it doesn’t end once you walk down the aisle. Falling in love after marriage is possible with a little relationship advice. Here’s how to love your partner again after marriage: Act like you just met Love after marriage requires newness at some point. The easiest way to add newness into a relationship is acting like you just met. Remember that getting to know you phase in…
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The 6 Most Common Places Where Affairs Start
By Stephanie Bucklin According to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, national surveys have shown that 15 percent of women and 25 percent of men have had a full-blown affair outside of their long-term relationship — a number that jumps by 20 percent for each sex when expanded to include emotional affairs. When you think of a cheating partner, you may picture a bar or a nightclub. But that’s actually not one of the top places people meet their affair partners, Debra Macleod, a marriage expert and author of books including “Couples in Crisis: Overcoming Affairs & Opposite-Sex Friendships,” told Fox News. Macleod interviewed more than 300 couples…
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19 Things Your Marriage Counselor Knows about Your Relationship—but Isn’t Telling You
It’s best when you both care I love couples who fight in the waiting room. At least they still care about each other. If one or both of you seem indifferent, my job is a lot harder. We try to trick you Sometimes I’ll tell a couple “no sex until the next session. Don’t touch each other, period.” What I’m really hoping is that they’ll fail and feel a sense of unity from their mutual rebellion. Don’t talk to outsiders It may make you feel better to talk about your marriage issues with a good friend, but it will just make things worse. Never talk to outsiders about things in…
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101 Smart Ways To Improve Your Relationship
All relationships need a little pick-me-up sometimes, even the best ones. To that end, we’ve compiled a list of 101 ways to reconnect with your significant other right this moment. These actions will make your partner feel loved, appreciated and desired, and will make you feel more connected to him/her. Whether you’d like to increase intimacy, find a thoughtful way to say “I love you,” or just show your honey some gratitude, we’re sure you’ll find something useful in the list below. CREATE INTIMACY 1. Lie down on the bed… And spend two minutes looking into each other’s eyes without saying anything. (Blinking is OK.) 2. Next time you’re in…
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The Best Way to Recover From a Lovers’ Quarrel, According to Science
When you and your significant other argue, you bring a lifetime of different defense mechanisms and learned coping strategies into play. But when you make up, there are of course some things you should never do. But what you’re looking for in reconciliation may be more dependent on your gender than your relationship experience, according to a new study published in the journal for Evolutionary Psychological Science. “Our study is the first to look deeper and examine reconciliation actions after romantic conflicts using an evolutionary theory perspective,” says Joel Wade, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at Bucknell University. Wade and colleagues surveyed 38 women and 36 men…
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How To Take The Meh Out Of Your Marriage
Maybe you’re sitting across the table from your significant other right now. You look up, catch his/her eye, and wish to all that is holy that you had that spark back. You know, that one from the early days of your relationship — when everything was sparkly and new and passionate and felt absolutely amazing. Join the club. Perform a random survey of married or committed couples, and you’ll find that a relationship that feels turbo-charged-with-passion every single day is what they’ll report they want. But do they? Really? Recent studies of sexual frequency indicate that for all our talk about sex in this country, the actual number of sexual…
