Angry at Your Spouse?
“I don’t ever remember losing my temper until I got married.” Dan may have a faulty memory about his years before marriage, but one thing he’s certain of: his wife,…
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The Art of the Apology for Men
Do you have a go-to move on the basketball court? Something you save for crunch time, when you really need to shake a defender or score a bucket? Perhaps a…
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When Irritations Strike
When I meet with couples before they get married, during their last season of premarital counseling, I ask, “What do you fight about?” The couples I worry most about are…
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Friends… With Benefits
When I (Amanda) was in college, I had a really great friend, Dave. He’d dated a few girls, but those relationships never worked out. All Dave’s friends really liked the…
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I Want Sex More Than My Husband Does
For many women, the “men always want more sex” stereotype has been fed to them for so many years that they assume their husband will always be initiating and constantly…
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Don’t Settle
When I was in college, there were lounges in each of the male and female dorms. Sometimes, when a guy was interested in a girl, he’d come to the female…
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When You Need Some Intervention
We all sin. Maybe we gossip too much or we’re prideful or we watch some inappropriate videos. I’m not saying you should run to other people every time you see…
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No More Mini-Me
My blogging friend Cheri laughs about how naive she was before she married. “I still have a letter I sent home when we were dating, in which I told my…
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Climate Control
For twelve months, Jennifer meticulously planned her wedding. Everything was going according to plan. Everything except the one factor she couldn’t control — the climate. During the outdoor ceremony, small…
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Missed Communication?
Has this ever happened to you? You speak a sentence to your spouse. It’s nothing very different, really, from any of the other sentences you speak every day. At the…
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