How many times have you been in love? I'm not talking about the number of times that you think you were in love, or all of the instances in which you were passionately attracted to another person. I mean really in love with someone, caring about her more than you do yourself and accepting her without wanting to change a thing. [...more]
Find related content at the end of the article. Share your thoughts by leaving a comment and rating.What would an experienced professional counselor say about the effects of living together before marriage? I asked Dr. Lee Jagers the following questions, and he had these things to say. In your practice, how has cohabitation affected your [...] [...more]
Many people today are seeing cohabitation as an acceptable alternative to marriage, but is it? Since 1970 the number of heterosexual couples living together outside of marriage has increased over 1000 percent, according to the Rutgers National Marriage Project (NMP). From a NMP study: “Yet cohabitation in place of marriage should be considered a major [...] [...more]
Traditional wisdom says that cohabitating before marriage results in a higher likelihood of divorce, a poor impact on children, and a lower standard of marital satisfaction, but is that wisdom true? [...more]
Each Sunday my wife and I sit down and hold a weekly review that we call Companionship Inventory. We’ve been doing this since the beginning of our marriage, just over five years. It’s important to do this with your partner weekly, independent of children. You can call it anything that you want, but it basically [...] [...more]
