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10 Things Married Men Must Avoid (That Can Destroy Even the Best of Marriages)
Searching for an old fling on Facebook Did you have a disagreement with your spouse that led you to look for your old girlfriend on social media, just to see how she is doing? Stop! Loving marriages can be destroyed because one spouse thought it would be harmless to find that old friend or lover. Technology brings a lot of convenience to life, but it also has its disadvantages. Being able not to deal with your problems because you can easily find someone using the Internet is not an advantage. Just like many other short-term solutions in life, including alcohol and fast food, it will not make you happy in…
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Top 10 Tips About Dealing With Personal Habits in a Marriage
We all have quirky traits, certain “flaws” that our partner knows about and has acknowledged at one point of the marriage. This does not mean that these behaviors can continue. Here are some tips on how to approach different habits that might be hurting your marriage. Communicate about little annoying personal habits We all have little pet peeves, like leaving the toilet seat up, leaving clothes on the floor or not shutting the door. These are benign habits, but they can add up and cause an explosion in your partner leading to a larger conflict. By sharing what frustrations you have with each other, you both can become aware…
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Top 9 Tips About Having a Conversation With Your Spouse (Including Discussions of Intimate Subjects)
How to have intimate conversations? Often married couples fall into the habit of only talking about the everyday and necessary topics related to the home, kids, and finances. The long, intimate conversations you had when you first got together have been muffled by the routines of the daily life. These were the earnest conversations that created the strongest bonds between you and your partner, helped maintain romance and trust. Try exploring whether your marriage is lacking in this department. If it is, talk about how you both can prioritize this. What to do if more time is needed to talk? Sometimes one partner in the marriage may desire more…
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Top 10 Things Your Wife Is Afraid To Ask You For (But Absolutely Wants)
It can be very easy to meet expectations that are explicitly stated by your wife. But, no woman wants to be in a relationship with a man who does the stated minimum for her as required by their relationship status, be it when dating or when being married. There are many things in a relationship that makes a woman feel truly loved, desired, and appreciated, but paradoxically, are things very few women will want to actually ask you for. If you truly love your wife, you want to go above and beyond to show your love for her, but it can be hard to know exactly what to do. We’ve…
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Millennials cheat on their partners for two main reasons, according to a new study
People often try and make their excuses for infidelity, but according to a study, there are two main reasons millennials cheat on their partners.It all comes down to either thinking your partner isn’t satisfying your needs, or feeling the need for more independence.In the study, carried out by the University of Tennessee and published in the Journal of Sex Research, 104 young adults with an average age of 22 (59.6 per cent of whom were female) who’d admitted to cheating on their partner in the past six months were surveyed about why.The first and greatest reason was interdependence.This is when you feel like your intimacy needs aren’t being met by your…
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7 Enhancing Lovemaking Conversations for Couples
Lovemaking in a monogamous relationship is said to be heart-pounding, breath-taking, and anxiety-freeing. If that’s true, then how come a committed relationship is when many of us settle for the same sexual positions? Far too often, spouses become “too important” for experimenting in the bedroom. This takes the mysterious element of sex between two people and puts our wild erotic nature into a jar that will never be opened again. Sometimes partners stop putting in the effort to seduce their partner. They assume the ring on the finger means they don’t have to try; that a wedding band means you’ll be turned on by me, no matter what I do or how…
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20 Ways To Spice Up Your Marriage After You Have Kids
Though you may have more diapers than diamonds, more early mornings than date nights, the thing to remember is that your world is not only about your kids. Put your partner — and romance — on the front burner. Jump-start your marriage with these 20 tips. You’re not neglecting your kids if you put your marriage first. “It’s a myth that the more attention we give our kids, the better they’ll turn out,” says David Code, family coach and author of To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First. “We seem to be marrying our kids instead of our spouses because we find it easier to be with our kids…
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My Wife’s Stopped Trying So I’m Going To Stop Being a Good Boy…
Question: Coach Allana, is it wrong for me to start fantasizing about other women if my wife has stopped trying? A coworker at work has started coming on a little strong. While I have been a very good boy, I’m tired of putting up resistance if my wife doesn’t give a damn. Am I wrong to just go for it? Answer: I certainly understand that you must be frustrated because your wife has stopped trying and appears to not give a damn. It must make you feel rejected, hurt, and not desired or appreciated, yes? I wonder how long this has been going on… months? Years? [embedded content] It makes…
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5 Ways to Use Elements of Surprise to Improve Your Relationship with Your Spouse
Time wears everything out. This is a universal law that has and continues to apply to just about anything in life. This doesn’t mean that some things can’t last. Relationships are one of the few things that can and should withstand the test of time. Intimate relationships are the most demanding. However, you can use the element of surprise to reinvigorate your relationship and meet those demands. The following are 5 great ways to improve a relationship with your spouse. Discover a New You People often feel trapped in their relationships because they are dealing with the same old issues every day. This doesn’t necessarily mean anything negative, but even…
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A new survey says men and women cheat for totally different reasons
The INSIDER Summary: A company surveyed men and women to find out the differences in how and why they cheat. Men tend to cheat for physical reasons and women tend to cheat for more emotional ones, according to the survey. The same survey suggests women are more likely to emotionally cheat. Men surveyed are slightly more likely to engage in physical acts and not consider it cheating. Everyone has different reasons to cheat — maybe they were drunk and stupid, have been feeling unfulfilled in the relationship, or maybe they just couldn’t help hitting up that hot person on Instagram. But a new survey suggests the reasons behind why people…
