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How to Stay in Touch With Friends Who Don’t Have Kids
This article was originally published on momminghard.com. Leading up to the birth of your baby, there are lots of things to plan for and worry about. The last thing on your mind is how a new baby is going to change your relationships with friends who don’t have babies. Whether you are the first to pop or some of your friends just aren’t kid-ready, it can be challenging trying to maintain your friendship. If we are lucky, life throws us a friend who will be there with us through thick and thin. These friends are hard to come by and your friendship seems to conquer any adversity. Except, when one…
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Best Of Gif Battle! Using the Gif Feature, How Would You Describe Marriage to Single People?
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11 Tweets That Perfectly Sum Up Marriage
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10 Surefire Ways to Destroy a Relationship
Some relationships appear to be healthier than others but all relationships have their struggles. It is possible for some struggles to make a relationship stronger but there are certain issues that are very destructive and make it difficult for a relationship to survive. Here are 10 ways you can destroy your relationship. Expect your partner to complete you If you’re looking for a partner to be all things to you – your protector, lover, entertainer, psychotherapist and parent – you will inevitably suffer disappointment. You make your happiness dependent upon the other person and want him or her to be with you all the time. This is more of a…
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What Are the Proper Boundaries in A Marriage?
Marriage, like any healthy relationship, requires boundaries, or, limits. While you, and your spouse, share a home, a life, common values, and many parts of life, there are some aspects of life, that are not, shared. Boundaries can also be thought of as limits, or guidelines when it comes to your home and relationship. Setting boundaries may be something you chose to formally do, or, they may be established by your actions. Time It is our most precious resource, and, depending on the demands of your individual careers, and daily needs, it may be something that needs to be managed. Boundaries, or, limits, may need to be established, when it…
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Uh Oh. She’s Crying, AGAIN! What Should I Do
To your horror, you look over at her and see her eyes filling with tears…again. To be fair, men are starting to cry a bit too now, averaging up to three times a month, roughly half of the episodes that a woman will go through. Apparently, men are not so embarrassed anymore about it either. Women despite their experience with tears seem to have more difficulty in doing it in public. Some have difficulty doing it in front of their partners, and of course, some are deeply embarrassed about crying at work. Some women will happily admit to having a loose faucet and will cry readily even at lesser things.…
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Funny Quotes for Men and Women Getting Married
Funny Advice for Women “Husbands are like fires – they go out when unattended.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor. What Zsa Zsa tried to convey here is that, same as with women, men should not be neglected only because now they said their I dos. Seduction and courtship should never end. “Marriage is just a fancy word for adopting an overgrown male child who cannot be handled by his parents anymore…” – This advice tells us in a funny way that men tend to be childish at times, but they are also worthy of our respect, so be careful not to treat them as children – and they won’t behave as ones. “The…
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The Fine Balance Between Marriage and Children
Having children changes the entire dynamic of your house. As much as we love our little bundles of joy, they take over and demand so much from us as parents that we may sometimes forget to be a couple. The memories of the times we had before becoming parents are distant, and we begin to live past each other instead of with each other. But good parenting means putting your marriage first sometimes. Here is some advice for couples who are feeling the strain of balancing their marriage and having children: Date night It sounds like some romantic fantasy: dressing up and going out to eat dinner in a…
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How to Survive a Low in Your Marriage
As much as we enter marriage with the wide-eyed hope and faith that every day is going to be special and awesome, and nothing can come between us as a couple, the truth is that any marriage is susceptible to peaks and troughs. When your marriage reaches a low point, it is the response you and your spouse make that will make the difference between make or break. From extreme pressure in the ground comes one of two things: crushed rocks or diamonds. You as a couple must decide which you’d prefer to be. Here are some steps to follow if you feel your marriage has hit a low: …
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How to Deal with Meddling Parents or Parents-in-law
It’s possible this scenario may sound a bit familiar: you and your spouse are having a family get-together, and Mom and Dad are being meddlesome and interfering. You and your spouse exchange glances and mutual eye-rolls and can’t wait for it to be over. Now, you think twice about inviting them over or asking them to watch the kids because they just don’t seem to understand that their actions are bothering you. Here are some tips for dealing with meddling parents (whether they’re your own or your spouse’s): Do they know they’re interfering? Often parents do things with the best of intentions, and in their minds, they’re helping you…
