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Do You Use the Toilet in Front of Your Spouse?

5/21/12 7:26pm by simplyjune
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Does using the toilet in front of your spouse suggest intimacy or is it completely unnecessary? SimplyJune weighs in. Her position: "What on earth is so important that you can not wait a few minutes? What life crisis made talking through the bathroom door unacceptable? What topic is so serious, you don't mind hearing random sound effects? It's just so wrong!" What do you think?  Read more >

Newly Married and Bah-Roke

5/9/12 2:24pm by elleherr
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Just Married

The day after our wedding, instead of frolicking together on a white sandy beach, we were sitting at my husband's office desk. For the first time in our three-year relationship, we were examining and discussing each other's finances. $153 positive was what we had together and what we would have for a whole month (we were both also newly unemployed). Yes, we received wedding financial gifts that totalled a little over $2,000, but that was immediately set aside to pay our then credit cards' minimum monthly dues -- which neither of us knew the other had.  Read more >

Living Together with Separate Bedrooms: Good Idea or Bad?

5/1/12 10:00pm by eleanore
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When I tried to imagine what it would be like to be married, all I could think about was having -- at the very least -- my own room. My best friend thought I was crazy, telling me some of the best and most intimate conversations happened in bed between couples. Dr. Phil even agrees separate bedrooms are a bad idea, so then why do one in four U.S. couples have separate bedrooms? What do you think -- are separate bedrooms helpful or more likely to hurt a relationship?  Read more >

I Left Everything I Knew in the Name of Love

4/18/12 6:31pm by johannaprice
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I really loved being married. I loved finally being with Aaron all the time. But at the same time, I was sad. I went from a little two-bedroom house a few miles from one of my best friends, and a short twenty-minute back road commute to a job where I was valued and appreciated; close, loving friendships; an active volunteering schedule; and a church community that was my heart's home to a strange new place. And it was hard.  Read more >

You, Your Honey & Your Money

4/3/12 7:36am by Kristia
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Couple Talking

[Editor's Note: Ah, money. Moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney. Who doesn't fight about money with her significant other? Apparently, Kristia doesn't ... any more. It takes a long time to learn to effectively share resources, and I think all Kristia's tips are spot on. -Rita]  Read more

Does Valentine's Turn a Woman into a Despotic Venus in Furs?

2/12/12 4:00pm by avflox
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He and I don't feel cherished because of the flowers he sends, the meals he makes or the little gifts that I get him. It's about the time we spend arranging those flowers in a vase, sharing those meals, and playing with those little gifts. Valentine's Day isn't about stuff and it shouldn't be. It should be about reminding ourselves that our relationships matter.  Read more >

Anti-Gay Marriage Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

2/7/12 12:07pm by Shannon LC Cate
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Today holds particular importance to families like mine. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled today that Proposition 8 -- a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in California -- is not valid under the U.S. Constitution, a step that could lead to the right to marry nationwide.  Read more >

The Re-​​Appearing Act: When An Ex Returns

1/25/12 10:52pm by Dawn Kaczmar
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At some point in many of our lives, we will find some­one to whom we are des­per­ately attracted, and yet who end­lessly hurts or exhausts us. The stakes seem so high, the desire is so deep, but so too the pain. In her diaries, Anais Nin writes of Henry Miller: "this love will either kill or save me forever." Which will it be? Will the love slowly eat at your soul as you fruitlessly con­tinue to search for the grail while suf­fo­cat­ing in its tomb -- or will it give you the courage to cru­sade, to fight to the death, and to dis­cover some­thing truly sacred?  Read more >

Talking about Debt with Your Partner

1/14/12 12:00am by The Post-Divorce Chronicles
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Talking about finances with your partner is not easy. What is the best way to approach discussions about money, debt, and spending with your partner?  Read more

Marriage Contracts: Should We Should Have Marital Term Limits?

1/3/12 9:56am by Rita Arens
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Last year marked my ten-year wedding anniversary. I love the legal protections of marriage -- no one argues that my husband can't visit me in the hospital or shouldn't be able to pick something up for me or inherit my money. I love the psychological aspect of marriage, too -- but it's the LEGAL aspect of marriage that ups the ante societally from living together. The legal aspect is also the part that I think we should change: We should have marital term limits.  Read more >