This year, as Hindsight is our theme, in some of our posts this year, we will be revisiting, updating, and republishing posts which have received a significant amount of shares and/or interactions. We previously published a post called How to Love Your Quality Time Partner (Love Language Practical Tips, Part 6) (you are here ~smile~) and it became one of our most viewed and shared posts to date. Once again, a love language post has proven to be one of our most frequently visited over the years, and so we bring you another hindsight reboot! Please enjoy and share! Quality-timers... what … [Read more...]
A Creative Way to Celebrate Sex in Your Marriage
To those of you who say, “Heather, you do not write about sex enough,” I am sorry – mostly. ~wink~ As a pre–engagement site, we try to focus on topics more geared towards dating couples who are considering marriage. Sex is something you want to discuss before marriage, but probably not too much in the dating stage. Temptation abounds! ~smile~ Once you are engaged and have a wedding date set, then talk about it; but, do so in the daylight… at a public park… with plenty of people around. Just a suggestion. ~smile~ Today, we offer a short and sweet story we hope you take into your marriage! … [Read more...]
Avoiding the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling)
I often think that if fitness buffs spent just 10 percent of their weekly workout time – say, twenty minutes a day – working on their marriage instead of their bodies, they would get three times the health benefits they derive from exercise class or the treadmill. – Dr. John Gottman The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse predict an ailing marriage: Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling, and Contempt. The worst of these is contempt. – Dr. John Gottman This last quote makes me think of a Scripture passage. “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (I … [Read more...]
Major Turn Offs in Relationships – Talking about Exes (Turn Offs, Part 2)
This year, as Hindsight is our theme, in some of our posts this year, we will be revisiting, updating, and republishing posts which have received a significant amount of shares and/or interactions. We previously published a post called Major Turn Offs in Relationships – Talking about Exes (Turn Offs, Part 2) (you are here ~smile~) and it became one of our most viewed posts to date. Sometimes, we talk about our exes with a reason in mind. I want to make him jealous. I want to see her response. And, sometimes we talk about an ex because he or she is on our mind. Whatever the reason, it is a … [Read more...]
The Importance of Making Couple Friends
We have all heard the phrase ‘recurring conflict;’ but, before I got married, I did not understand the drain they put on your relationships. Eric and I were both so excited about getting married. Like any engaged couple, we looked forward to the future and wondered where we would be in five, ten, twenty, and fifty years. We said our vows, exchanged rings, took our honeymoon, and then came home to.... life. It was not mystical. There were no magical forest animals around to help me with chores. The workday still came and went. Perhaps the Disney-lover in me was disappointed that my fairy … [Read more...]