Learning to Live Together
My first lesson in cohabitation came during the first week of my freshman year at university. I had been studying and it got late. Around two in the morning I came back to my room, opened the door and flicked on the light. An unholy groan came from the other side of the room.
“What are you DOING?” my roommate demanded in tones usually reserved...
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Heading for the Exit
Recently we were in Banff at a “Weekend to Remember” Marriage Conference. We arrived a day early to help set up for this large event. I was stacking the weekend’s workbooks behind the registration table when I heard a song. The hotel staff provided music played over the large sounds system and I laughed out loud and wondered if it was a...
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How to Say “I’m sorry”
Arguably the worst piece of romantic advice ever given is the oft quoted, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Love is all about saying you’re sorry. Love, when it’s good, is finding someone that you want to be with, someone you want to share your life with. Inevitably in all that togetherness there are going to be times...
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Babies: What to do in the in between
Babies.
Nope, we're not pregnant, nor planning on being pregnant ANYTIME soon. (God willing.) But this is the main thing we have been asked about since we got married. "When are you having a little Jason? When do we get to meet a mini Brittany?" I must confess...I have been the one asking those questions.
We all love babies. We love the way...
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Is Porn Replacing Sex?
I was both surprised and deeply saddened by a video on CNN this morning that asked “Has Porn Hijacked Sexuality?” The video shows an interview between CNN anchor John Roberts and author and sociologist Gail Dines. Dines is the author of the book Pornland which looks at the effect of pornography on people’s view sex and even of their own bodies.
The...
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Why do we stay?
Newspaper columnists are already speculating that, this time, Mel Gibson's movie career is over. With five damning tapes released so far filled with profanity and racist rants, it may be too much for even this perennial film star to gloss over. The legal and publicity fallout from Gibson's rants is ongoing, and so is media attention. That's why we're...
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Avoiding Divorce
We’ve all heard the stat that 50% of marriages end in divorce. It’s a horrible number, so much heartache in that one statistic. But researchers are now saying that there’s more reason to hope. Walking down the aisle doesn’t have to feel like flipping a coin.
Jennifer Baker, the researcher who is credited, erroneously she claims, with...
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