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Debt and Marriage: How It is Tough to Love When You Owe

Many couples enter into a marriage with debt already in hand. Others accumulate debt together. Either way, nurturing a loving relationship can be hard when debt is hanging over your head. In fact, according to a study by Jeffrey Dew at Utah State University, couples who reported disagreeing about finance once a week were over 30 percent more likely to get divorced than couples who reported disagreeing about finances only a few times a month. Another inference can be made from this study: there is a whole lot of disagreement about money out there. Debt is a source of contention. … Continue reading →

Benefit Your Marriage

Have you heard about the seven Fs that can make or break a marriage? I read about them this week. If you remember, I did a series of alphabetical blogs at one stage. Back in February I touched on a few in the article F Means Fail. I was interested to see some of mine mentioned there matched up with the 7 mentioned in the book I read. Their 7 are: ‘Friendship, Family, Faith, Finances, Fighting, Forgiving and Fertilization.’ Fertilization didn’t mean sex and procreation, though I’m sure that would come into it too. It actually meant spending time fertilizing … Continue reading →

Goals For Marriage

Yesterday we looked at the idea of goal setting and marriage. but what about setting goals for your marriage. Some the goals you might want to consider are: Commit fully to your marriage and make it your goal to have a long, lasting marriage. Make your goal a loving, nurturing environment for family where they can grow and develop. Here are some practical ways you can do this. Make sure you set aside time each day to sit and talk with your spouse, even if it’s only 15 minutes. Make it a goal to never be so involved with work … Continue reading →

Nurture, Yes, but Three No Nos for Marriage

After a brief sojourn onto other topics I’m back with the alphabetical marriage blogs. This time is Ns turn – 1 great one on the positive side and 3 you definitely don’t want in your marriage. Nurturing Each person in a marriage needs to be nurturing and supportive of their spouse. To nurture means the care of promoting the development of another person. Nurturing means nourishing, feeding or supporting. This means more than just meeting their physical need with food but nurturing them by encouraging and helping, praising and building them up. It is supporting them in whatever they undertake. … Continue reading →

Your Most Critical Relationship

The problem with marriage is that while it is the most critical relationship, the strongest and yet most fragile (because of the devastation it can cause when it ends), it is also the relationship that we tend to give lesser amounts of attention. Part of the joy of marriage is having someone who can love you as you are, to whom you don’t have to prove yourself, to whom you can use as a shelter. To love and be loved has got to be one of the greatest things to aspire to in life. But just think about some of … Continue reading →

Take the Positive Marriage Challenge!

Would you like to improve your marriage and get into the habit of nurturing it? It is pretty easy to do. Why not take the following positive marriage challenge? You can do this alone or with your spouse (even better). Nobody is perfect, and although we may understand how to nurture our marriages, that doesn’t mean that we always do it. This challenge will make you more aware of certain positive things that you can do every day. Here we go! 1. Compliment more than you criticize. It is easy sometimes to let a criticism or complaint slip out. Maybe … Continue reading →

Why Do Long-Term Marriages Split?

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Recently Heather began a discussion about outgrowing our spouses. In one of her latest articles she discussed how we can outgrow friendships and in the same manner may also outgrow our mate as time passes by. Ironically I have been thinking along the same line of similar terms. However, my mind has been rather focused on long term marriages that end. What is it after twenty years of marriage that would make someone want to give up and leave? After spending much of their efforts and time together, do these couples really want to throw in the towel now? Long … Continue reading →

Marriage Can Challenge You to Improve and Change

When we get married it is important to realize that we marriage is a chance for each of us to improve in caring and loving for others. Marriage is about love; it is also about sacrifice and working together. Marriages may go through difficult times when you wonder why you got married to each other or you may face difficult times as a married couple, such as watching a child struggling with an illness. Your response to these situations will change the outcome of your marriage relationship and will allow you the chance to grow spiritually as well. When we … Continue reading →

Are You Available for Closeness with Your Kids?

We single parents do so much in the course of the day–work, household care, childcare–it can seem like by the end of the day we are completely tapped out and exhausted; as if we have given everything we possibly can. But doing things and being organized in the running of the household or a family is not the same as being intimate and close. Our children need us to not only care for their physical and obvious needs, but to also be available for closeness and foster intimacy with them. We need to be open and available when they need … Continue reading →

Marriage Week in Review: March 3 – March 9

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Wow how time flies! Another wonderful week has gone by! Due to some sickness, Courtney held up more of the writing end this week than I did. Check out below if you were like me and missed out on some articles this week! Monday, March 3 Couple Sleep Patterns Couples sleep all different ways. This article addresses the different ways that couples may sleep together, or apart. Causes of Dry Spells In this article Courtney addresses some of the reasons why women may lose interest in intimacy. She addresses how it can be difficult on a relationship. Tuesday, March 4 … Continue reading →