The day after my now-husband and I got engaged, we found ourselves talking frankly about what would happen if we ever got divorced. How would it unfold? Would it be different if we had children? We were studying families and couples in our graduate program, and we knew too much to pretend divorce would never happen to us. I have reflected on that moment often in the last 15 years.
Let's start here: "Closure" is not what is achieved by sleeping with your high school boyfriend (or making out with him, for that matter). "Closure"-if such a thing exists (I have my doubts, but that's another subject)-is what happens after you both talk frankly and openly about what happened and how you felt, and you both come to accept that what happened, happened and is over and done with.
Marriage was designed by God to be a haven of love, companionship, intimacy, and growth. But sadly, many couples never taste this joy, not because marriage itself is bad, but because of the way they live and treat one another. Some behaviors, mindsets, and lifestyles poison the foundation of marriage. When couples specialize in fault-finding, they focus more on each other's mistakes than their strengths. A wife who constantly points out her husband's failures without ever appreciating his efforts will eventually crush his spirit.
According to Gilbert, his mother may have been partly right - at least when it comes to marriage. Studies have shown that married people are on average happier than those who are unmarried, and the effect holds across decades of data. But he added, "It isn't marriage, per se, that makes you happy. It's the good marriage you have. If a marriage is good enough to keep, you'll likely get a happiness boost from keeping it. If it isn't, you'll likely get one from leaving."
"The thing is," he said, "I can't think about buying a mattress with you because, right now, I can't visualize our future." He explained that while intellectually he knew he loved me, when he looked at me, he felt dead inside. "It's not just you," he added, as if to soften the blow, before explaining that he felt emotionally numb and disconnected from life in general.
A wife whose tone rejuvenates your spirit,A wife who will treat you like a King.Come home to a wife who will not nag you,A wife who will show you how excited she is to see you, A wife who will thank God for your safe return back home.
Barack Obama has admitted he has been digging himself out of a hole with his wife Michelle for years. The former United States president, 64, revealed he is on level ground with his partner, 61, eight years after leaving the White House. He made the comments during the London leg of his European speaking tour, in which he also criticised Donald Trump's recent comments about autism and the decision to shut schools during lockdown.
God designed marriage with order: the man as head and provider (Ephesians 5:23, 1 Timothy 5:8). When that structure is tampered with, especially when the wife becomes the primary breadwinner, it can cause tensions and unexpected outcomes. While this doesn't mean a wife cannot support her husband or even earn more, problems often arise when the man abandons his responsibility and depends solely on her.
"I just had this conversation with my mother, who's been married for 30-plus years. Here's what she wants and needs to feel pursued." "Emotional safety, consistently. A messy house and a lack of flowers are neither here nor there. She wishes that she could go to her husband and say 'this thing is really bothering me,' and him not exploding (even on her behalf, not necessarily at her) and just being another thing she has to mitigate.
Seventeen years ago, when my now-husband proposed to me, he gave me a small Our 10th anniversary came and went. I reminded my husband about the ring, but we had some significant expenses at the time, and ended up prioritizing an anniversary trip over gifts. I've tried to have a good attitude about this, but in recent years, it's started to hurt my feelings.
Katie told her life story. She spoke about how she got married, and she spoke about how her focus was on boxing for years, and about how she was the first woman to bring professional boxing to the Olympics. She's been a pioneer in a lot of areas," he added. "I introduced her to the guys and the girls. So there's about 120 of our students residents there. She spent three hours with us, we had tea, [her] mum Bridget [Taylor] was there.
I'm a 44-year-old man and I've been married to a 45-year-old woman for the past 15 years. About six years ago, she told me that she was basically done with sex. While we have had sex maybe 10 times or so since then, her statement has been essentially true. She was never particularly sexual anyway (she never communicated about likes/dislikes, fantasies, masturbation, etc.) and didn't feel like physical intimacy was important to her.
Not every marriage ends because of big fights or betrayals. Sometimes, it's the slow, creeping boredom that makes couples feel distant. Many good marriages feel boring because couples slip into routines. Work, bills, kids, responsibilities, it all becomes predictable. You wake up, handle duties, talk about logistics, and go to bed. There's no drama, but there's also little play. Over time, comfort can turn into monotony.
My husband and I have been amicably married for 16 years. We enjoy each other's company and are home together a lot. However, over the last year or so, I have had an increasingly hard time hearing what he's saying. He sits in his chair and mumbles to the point where I can't tell if he's talking to me or to himself.
In a 2021 study published in Psychological Reports, researchers explored how intrinsic motivation, the internal drive to act based on interest, personal importance or inner values, affects satisfaction in long-term romantic relationships. Using a sample of 331 adults, including many who were married for over a decade, they found that higher levels of intrinsic motivation were significantly associated with greater emotional closeness, perceived relationship support and marital satisfaction.
1. You rarely come home early. The gap between you two is widening. 2. You turn down your spouse's sexual advances. Soon he/she will get tired. 3. You are always busy. Your spouse is learning not to include you. 4. You don't reply to your spouse's text messages or phone calls. Your spouse will stop bothering 5. You don't involve your spouse in your decisions. Your spouse will let you do you.
I was standing in the kitchen, unshowered, my 5-week-old baby in the bouncy seat at my feet as I washed dishes, and my toddler rolling cars up and down the back of my legs, when my husband hinted that he wanted to have sex.
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