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13 Questions to Ask Before Getting Married
When it comes to marriage, what you don’t know really can hurt you. Whether because of shyness, lack of interest or a desire to preserve romantic mystery, many couples do not ask each other the difficult questions that can help build the foundation for a stable marriage, according to relationship experts. In addition to wanting someone with whom they can raise children and build a secure life, those considering marriage now expect their spouses to be both best friend and confidant. These romantic-comedy expectations, in part thanks to Hollywood, can be difficult to live up to. Sure, there are plenty of questions couples can ask of each other early in…
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Financial “Cheating” Is One Of The Biggest Reasons For Divorce
We were hours deep into the bachelor party and the man of the hour was pure fire with the dice. He and everyone else at the craps table were on hot streaks. Sixes hit. Eights, too. Bets were pressed. Chips stacked. When he rolled big, the crew erupted in cheers. It was exactly what a casino night send off should feel like. But, the glow of camaraderie was instantly snuffed out when the bachelor, stack of chips mounted in front of him, turned to the party and warned us not to tell his soon-to-be-wife about the winnings. You could feel the circulated air get sucked out of the casino. The…
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4 Reasons There Is a Lack of Intimacy in Your Relationship
It’s Spring — and the wedding season is upon us! Happily engaged couples have found their true love, and are eager to enjoy a lifetime of intimacy. Yet, once the honeymoon stage is over, many couples find that intimacy eludes them. While intimacy is essential to a happy marriage, many of us find it difficult to define and conceptualize. Intimacy means different things to different people, and it’s not a term we use very often. What is intimacy? Intimacy is defined as: a close, familiar, affectionate and loving personal relationship; detailed knowledge or deep understanding of something; the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar with someone. Marital intimacy encompasses…
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Marriage in Trouble? 3 Warning Signs You Can Spot In The Bedroom
By Ashley Papa If a relationship is in trouble, it probably started in the bedroom. That’s the honest advice that health coach Dr. Mark Shannan’s grandmother once offered him — and, Shannan said, the notion often holds true for couples today. “This is because giving love, having it accepted, and then having it returned are some of the greatest emotions that a person can feel in life,” Shannan, the author of “The Original Design for Health,” told Fox News. “All three components are critical for a healthy marriage [or] relationship.” A lack of any of any of those components can snowball into bigger problems, he said. If you feel things…
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5 Common Reasons Why People Cheat
By Ashley Papa Although relationships come in various forms these days, in traditional marriages, there’s an understood vow between partners to be monogamous physically and emotionally with one another. Yet, data suggest infidelity is pretty common — a 2015 survey by YouGov found one in five Americans admitted to being unfaithful to their partners. But why, really, do people cheat? Fox News talked with Kelly Armatage, a cognitive behavioral therapist, relationship coach and speaker, to learn the top reasons why people are unfaithful. Armatage also shares how you can help save your relationship if you find yourself in one of these pickles. 1. They were conditioned to think cheating is…
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Staying Lovers While Raising Kids
What happens to a couple’s relationship after they have a baby? Philip Cowan, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of the Institute of Human Development at the University of California at Berkeley, and his wife, Carolyn Pape Cowan, Ph.D., adjunct professor of psychology at Berkeley, have been studying this question since 1975, when they saw their own marriage begin to falter after having children. That’s the year they decided to start the Becoming a Family Project, tracking couples from pregnancy to when their children started kindergarten. In 1990 they began the Schoolchildren and Their Families Project, following the first of several groups of parents whose kids were entering kindergarten. The…
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11 Ways to Drive Your Husband Wild!
I bet when you saw that title you instantly thought this post was about sex. Nope! Well, maybe a little bit. But not very much. I may be of the minority in saying this but I am one that doesn’t buy into the thought that a man is controlled by his…ahem…endowment. Driving your man wild isn’t something that should be contained to the bedroom…or sex for that matter. Now, don’t get me wrong, I know men love it. But let’s give them credit for being about more than just sex. Just as you want to be treated like a queen, his heart’s desire is to be treated like a king.…
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10 Compliments to Give Your Husband
The things we say have a big impact on our marriages. Men sometimes get the reputation for being the less communicative sex, but that doesn’t mean they don’t thrive on affirming words from their wives. Whether or not your husband is begging for verbal affection, here are ten compliments that your husband needs to hear. 1. I’m so glad I married you Men need to feel secure in marriage, and the fastest way to let your man know he’s still the one is to tell him outright. This is a great compliment because it can come completely out of the blue, without him having to do anything to earn it.…
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8 silent ways your hubby is screaming ‘I love you!’
Husbands get a bad rap for their inability to express themselves, especially when it comes to saying those three simple words: “I love you.” Your husband may tell you he loves you as he’s leaving for work or before he says good night, but sudden, spur-of-the-moment expressions of his most inner romantic feelings are not something a man shares on a regular basis. Believe it or not, sharing delicate emotions just isn’t a common characteristic of the average male. Wives, don’t let your husbands’ lack of words discourage you. While words are very important, expressions of love aren’t always given aloud. When your hubby’s lips are silent, he screams “I…
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Dear Wives: It’s Not Petty To Expect Your Husband To Complete Household Chores
Scene: After putting my kids to bed, I come to the master bedroom and grab my laptop to do some work. My husband is in the room too — he’s just begun folding a load of laundry. That’s right, he started folding that laundry because he recognized it needed to be done, and I didn’t have to ask him. I don’t want to be an asshole and just sit down to work while he’s folding, so I join in to help. He folds one more thing and then picks up the TV remote and starts flipping through Netflix. He can’t decide what to watch. He’s flipping and flipping and flipping and flipping, and…
