Communication: Men and Women Have Different Styles . by guest author Ellen Purcell . troubled couple . The Problem: “When we are out with other couples, he’s the life of the party, but once we are home again, he hardly...
Marriage Mediation — Making Your Marriage Happier and Healthier COVID-19 Note: Mediation services are available online. When does marriage mediation make sense? when different spending patterns are threatening a marriage when loss of a job and long unemployment have caused...
Lessons from 11 Years of Marriage On her 11th anniversary, my friend Rebecca Geller shared the comments below on Facebook. There are clues here about how some marriages succeed, so I asked for permission to post what she shared. Rebecca...
Love, Marriage, Money, Sex, and Power For more fun, start with the “Test Your Marital IQ” quiz in the June 21, 2015 blog post on this site. Here are the questions (without the multiple choice answers). couple 1. Which was the LEAST...
Test Your Marital IQ 1. Which was the LEAST traditional form of marriage in history?A. MonogamyB. Polygyny C. Serial marriage D. Male breadwinner marriage E. First cousin marriage 2. What was the most important function of marriage from Paleolithic times...
Do You Need a Pre-Nuptual Agreement? wedding kiss A friend asked me for advice about talking with his lady love about a prenuptial agreement. My first response was that every couple contemplating marriage should talk about money. Financial issues can...
Tag Team Parenting young family Recently I was having dinner with a group of friends who all run their own businesses. Most of them had husbands with jobs and also had children under age 12. This means that their families...
What Will You Regret When You Are Dying? Recently I read about some informal research conducted by an Australian woman who cared for patients during the last three months of their lives. She was a good listener, so the...