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18 Couples Who Are So Freaking In Love It’ll Make You Smile
This creative girlfriend. Twitter: @lexieatsass 2. This genius couple. Twitter: @bathemeinnudes 3. And this dedicated prom date. Twitter: @claire_short_13 4. This boyfriend who found a creative outlet. Twitter: @cesartorres1198 5. And this couple who took bouquets to a new level. I told him I didn’t like flowers, so he got me a bouquet of chicken nuggets, and I pretty much became the happiest girl on the planet 6. These incredibly extra phone wallpapers. My baby blows me a kiss every time I unlock my phone 7. This boyfriend’s excellent design skills. View image on Twitter My boyfriend drew me a Tim Burton themed photo of him and I, with a quote from one of his movies.…
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How to Keep Your Marriage Strong When Kids Arrive
Babies are a big blessing to a couple, of course, but things change when they come. This happens to almost every couple and it is a bad thing. A baby craves the attention of the mother all the times and it’s upon the couple to acknowledge this fact and learn how to cope. After all, a baby will stop being one when he or she turns eighteen years old. So, a couple has to find solid ways to stay united even when kids arrive. This is not easy, though, and can easily lead to endless fights and blame games. If a couple doesn’t seek help, the relationship could end. A…
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Simple Things You Can Do To Please Your Marriage Partner
People who fall in love and get married have one goal in mind. This is to stay in love in pain or in joy. The problem with some people is imagining that a happy marriage will just happen. They fail to acknowledge the fact that good relationships require a lot of work and commitment from both parties. When the wife or husband is working tirelessly to protect a marriage, it can easily crumble. The other person needs to play their role too. If you want tips on how to get closer to your best friend and spouse, here they are. Compliment their looks and efforts It’s human nature to need…
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Small Things That Could Quietly End Your Marriage
There are obvious things that ruin marriages. Good examples are addictions to drugs, alcohol or pornography, domestic violence and infidelity. Since most couples know about these ones, they do everything they can to avoid doing them. Even if your wife and you are okay and have no addictions, there are small problems that could tear you apart. These are less obvious, of course, but they cause considerable distress when present. To avoid these little triggers, read on. Lack of respect for each other There are so many couples who disrespect each other without noticing it. It may eat away at a good marriage relationship without anyone’s knowledge. Disrespect can also…
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Four Ways to Avoid Money Conflicts in a Marriage
Financial issues such as misappropriation of funds are one of the many reasons why most couples fight. In fact, constant misunderstandings about money have ended solid marriage relationships. In most cases, fights about money arise when one person spends a chunk of money without informing the other. Sometimes the stuff bought with the money may never be used again. Conflicts over money happen in all marriages and the approaches used to solve them are what matters the most. If you think that money handling between you and your spouse is slowly killing your beautiful relationship, here are good solutions. Separate routine expenditures from big investments Couples who often quarrel about…
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How to Overcome the Silent Treatment Episode
After a bad fight between couples, a quiet episode follows. None wants to break the ice and restore the relationship to where it was before the fight. Even if one person is willing to apologize, the other one may block them out. The silent treatment is a bad way to solve marital issues. It is a selfish and manipulative way of inflicting emotional pain. If you have been doing this to your spouse, it is good to stop it. If you don’t, the silent treatment will be one of the things that will harm your marriage. This behavior prevents effective communication and dialogue, leaving a lot of issues unresolved. Additionally,…
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10 Tips That Will Help You Put Your Baby To Sleep
Have expectations that are science-based When it comes to the bedtime, many parents are confused as to who is in charge of what. As a parent, you create the bedtime routine. You decide where the bed is going to be located and where the parents will sleep. Children look up to their parents for guidance and answers to these questions. At the same time, your baby is in charge of falling asleep. Many sleep problems in the families with babies and toddlers occur when parents decide that they can force their children to go to sleep. From your own experience you know that if you don’t want to sleep, you…
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Five Behaviors That Could Strengthen Your Marriage Relationship
If you aim to have a long satisfying marriage, ensure that you are responsible for the part you play in your relationship. Be prepared to take total responsibility for your actions. Staying in denial does more harm than good. If you refuse to be accountable for your actions and your partner does the same, you two will have a marriage full of conflicts. Being answerable can boost your connection and bond and help you act in a mature, intimate way. In addition to accountability, there are 5 more behaviors that could boost up your marriage. 1. Touching Some couples don’t touch much. They only do it in the bedroom. While…
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On Fear And Foundations of the Feeling of Security in Marriages
The human brain has a number of emotional systems that provide you with emotional responses and cause you to act in certain ways. The feeling of fear alerts you about all kinds of dangers and threats. The feeling can evoke a whole range or responses. Fear doesn’t always distinguish between different kinds of danger. It can also be an emotion that you feel in the background when you are communicating with other people. You may be expressing anger in reaction to criticism from your spouse, but in reality, it is fear that has caused the anger. For example, a wife may come home after a long work shift to only…
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How To Be Vulnerable And Assert Your Needs In A Relationship
Being vulnerable means being authentic and being able to risk expressing your thoughts, feelings, and wishes without fear of rejection. It means you are in control of yourself, not the relationship. Many people complain that they aren’t getting their needs met with their partner, but they don’t feel comfortable sharing their desires. Or, they fail to make requests in a positive, non-blameful way to begin with. Before you can begin to build successful relationships, you must have healthy self-esteem – which means believing in yourself. One of the first things to consider is: how do you treat yourself? No one is going to treat you with respect if you beat…
