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Is Your Marriage Entering Spring or is it Still Winter Cold?

As springtime fast approaches nature blooms around us with new life. Yet for many, their marriages appear to be stuck in the dead of the winter, too cold for much too long. This post is for those folks who have quietly, and sometimes loudly, wanted out of their marriage on more than one occasion. For [...]

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What Happens When You Want More Kids…and He Doesn’t?

When we were first married, my husband and I talked about “the big stuff.” We discussed religion and politics; we respect cted the differences in our opinions. We both wanted to raise children in New York City and remain united against the suburbs. With no red flags in sight, we began our union with confidence. [...]

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10 Ways to a Healthy Heart And Loving Relationship

February is heart awareness month, so this study in the European Society of Cardiology caught is timely. It reports that being unmarried increases the risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attacks in both men and women regardless of age. Researchers also note that being married, especially among middle-aged couples, is associated with a better prognosis of acute cardiac events [...]

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5 Tough Truths About Marriage

Marriage is tough, sister. Some of this you know, like nixing the idea that towels will be folded a certain way, tolerating game night with the boys, or if you’re a guy, maybe you’ve heard there will be love stories on your plasma TV. But it’s tough in other ways that no one really talks [...]

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Couples Advice: Money Woes To Blame For Most Arguments

Not surprisingly money woes has been signaled as the biggest source of conflict between married couples and we can imagine many long term couples as well. A survey from the American Institute of CPAs polled over 1,000 people and 27 percent cited financial woes as the topic most likely to start an argument. Jordan Amin, [...]