Marriage

Maybe Your Marriage Sucks Because You Don’t Really Know Your Spouse
I never really knew my wife even though we were married for nine years and together for 13. Not because…
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus
So I’ve been thinking about this virus going around. You know the one. I’m scheduled to turn 41 later this…
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Taking the Wheel Vs. Destroying Our Marriages on Autopilot
The word ‘habits’—at least for me—conjures images of working out or smoking or biting my fingernails. People talk about developing…
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The Idea That Would Have Saved My Marriage and Might Save Yours
The reasons more than half of all romantic relationships (including marriage) fail are not obvious to most people. If you…
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Save Your Marriage Using the Monster-Under-the-Bed Theory
Imagine getting a phone call. You answer. A stranger on the other end of the line identifies his or herself…
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Where to Find Solutions to Your Relationship Problems
The best places to look for solutions — to any significant problem you may face; not just relationship problems —…
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Break Toxic Communication Habits with The STFU Method
Actor and comedian Denis Leary has a bit in his hilarious 1992 stand-up act No Cure for Cancer where he…
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A Way to Protect Your Relationships from Political (and Other) Arguments
Donald Trump is President of the United States in 2019. Even for non-Americans, that fact can elicit radically different reactions.…
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How to Respond to Your Emotional Spouse Without Making Things Worse
More often than not, when my wife reacted emotionally to anything—something I said or did; something on TV; something that…
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Must Women Leave Men to Get Them to Change?
(Image/David Colarusso) “Would you have changed if she had not left you?” Within an hour of answering this exact question…
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