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Trading in The Obedient Wife for the Respectful Marriage

6/6/11 9:04am by avflox
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Sexy wife washing dishes by graciehagen (Flickr)

Mainstream and social media has exploded with reports of the Obedient Wives Club, an organization that seeks to fight domestic abuse and infidelity by being obedient to one’s husband, entertaining him, dressing up for him, and providing good sex as a spousal duty. The group’s tenets are largely problematic due to concerns about gender equality -- but could they be reworded to truly provide a better foundation for a marriage?  Read more >

When Bloggers Write Love Letters

2/11/11 9:16am by Rita Arens
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Love Letter

We have these places, these blogs, where we write. I think often of what I'm leaving behind for my daughter to read, but also, my husband.  Read more >

How to Get a Happier Marriage: On Selfishness

1/20/11 1:00pm by Melissa Chapman
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Parents Fighting

I always said  I could never imagine why, or more aptly, how it was that people sustained a marriage in the absence of children. In my personal experience, I don’t think I ever would’ve gotten married had I not planned on having kids. And in all honesty, I believe that having my children and desperately wanting to give them a foundation which includes a two parent home has, for better or worse, cemented my visceral attitude when it comes to preventing the dissolution of my marriage.  Read more >

Is Your Marriage Affecting Your Health?

1/4/11 3:00pm by skraft
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Happy Marriage

As far back as the late 1800s, epidemiologist William Farr studied the condition of marriage on people's health in France by dividing the adult population into three separate categories: the married, the celibate (those never married) and the widowed. When he analyzed the relative mortality rates of all three groups at various ages, the epidemiologist found the death rates of the unmarried to be much higher in proportion to the marrieds, with the widowed faring worst of all.  Read more >

A Car Buyer's Guide to Marriage

8/23/10 2:05pm by Erin Knell
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Cars and Relationships

Recently I "celebrated" 18 years of marriage. At a point when so few marriages seem to last for any significant amount of time, you may be hoping I can offer some insights into how I have managed this feat. I believe the key is thinking of husbands in terms of cars. You may wonder what brings about this unusual theory? Well, I have done intense research over these last 18 years, and by "intense research" I mean I have observed and heard my fellow wives' experiences, and I have found husbands all have similar factory defects. I think the secret to surviving marriage is in recognizing that all women discover these warps in their own husbands, no matter which style they selected.  Read more >

The New Definition of Marriage: It's All About Me, Me Me -- or Is It?

7/16/10 5:00am by Lisen Stromberg
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Heling Dad

Marriage is in the news again. This time, the focus is on commitment -- or, more specifically, how to stay married once you are married. The newest idea is “self-expansion," the concept that your level of commitment to your marriage may depend on how much your partner “enhances your life and broadens your horizons.” No longer is marriage about shared goals. Now it’s all about you, you, you, or rather, what you do for me, me, me.  Read more >

How to Get a Happier Wedding: Back Off My Bride Budget

7/3/10 7:22am by American Princess
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Bride

They all seem to be saying one thing: If you're spending $30,000 (the average) on a wedding, you're a spendthrift idiot who has no concept of reality. It's like “slut-shaming:” cutting down other women by attacking their individual choices. Wedding-shaming.  Read more >

How to Get a Happier Marriage: Dear Carrie Bradshaw, Don't Blame Marriage

6/9/10 10:20am by KerryClare
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Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big

I loved your voice overs and your laptop screen. Neither of us could have been so entirely shallow, really, because I've never known a shoe that wasn't orthopedic, but I liked you, Carrie Bradshaw, still. I liked you, though you've done harm. You have! The number of women I know who don't believe it's love unless it's tumultuous -- that's down to you, CB.  Read more >

Why Married Sex Is Hot Sex: Yes, You Read That Right

5/25/10 10:43am by Rita Arens
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Married Sex

iVillage recently released a survey of 2,000 married women that asked: How often do you have sex? And please, girlfriend, don't pretend you're not dying to know.  Read more >

How to Get a Happier Marriage: Sorry, Twilight. True Love Isn't for Teenagers.

5/19/10 1:13pm by Rita Arens
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Embrace

When I was at my parents' house a few weeks ago, I started talking about Twilight with my sister. Why I hadn't read it. Why I thought it would be stupid. And she said, "You have to read it. It's the yearning."  Read more >