Marriage myths, like “happy couples don’t fight,” “if it’s right, it should be easy,” or “a baby will bring us closer,” set couples up for disappointment by making normal struggles feel like failure. Believing these relationship myths can make you give up too soon or miss real problems. Here are 10 common marriage myths, what’s…
Losing yourself in marriage happens when your identity, interests, and needs slowly get absorbed into your spouse’s or the relationship’s, until you’re not sure who you are apart from it. It’s common, especially after kids or years of caretaking, and it usually isn’t anyone’s fault. To find yourself in a marriage again, reconnect with what…
If you’re jealous of your spouse’s best friend, or you feel like their friends get the best of them while you get what’s left, it usually means you’re missing something: attention, closeness, or a sense of being chosen. That feeling is common and doesn’t make you needy or controlling. What you do with it matters,…
We asked our Marriage Bliss community a simple question: “Who has the best story about how they met their spouse? Funny, dramatic, anything goes.” Hundreds of you answered. Some stories started at stoplights, some on fire department calls, and one began with a newspaper clipping years before the couple ever met. Here are 12 of…
We like to help our followers and visitors sort through their issues by discussing them on an open forum. A few ways we do this is through our Facebook page, or on our confessional page. Here are some of the messages we’ve received this week. Again, these are to let people know that others are…