“He leaves for work at 4 a.m., and he’s in a coma by 9.” “I work late into the evening, and manage the kids’ crazy morning routine before mine.” “We both have a lot going on right now.” “We’re just in a slump.” “It’s not like she’s interested when I try to make a move...
Despite best chances hovering right around the 50/50 mark that it will last, surveys say nearly 90 percent of Americans under 30 still believe their marriage is a forever kind of love. So, what exactly happens to our staying power (on average, about eight years in)...
Date-night obstacles vary depending on the couple, but the majority we’ve seen fit under three common challenges couples face when trying to re-establish the practice: our lives are too busy; planning is too difficult; or we’re too broke. Today, we share a handful of...
Decades ago, on a late night I was up past the family bedtime making chocolate chip cookies. I was a young married woman busy with a toddler and a growing marriage counseling practice, and I wanted to show my husband my love and appreciation. For some reason it...
Throughout your marriage, you will have many requests for your partner. To do the dishes more often, to spend more time planning dates, to pay more attention to you when you are telling a story. These requests aren’t unreasonable, and they should be validated by your...
Arguments can feel like a chokehold, squeezing the life and love out of a relationship. Of course, every couple argues from time to time — but problem comes when you can’t stop arguing. It doesn’t have to be this way, though. There are three steps that...
One of the greatest challenges in relationships is pinpointing why we feel a particular way about something. When we do, we immediately have a better sense of what we can (and frankly, can’t) personally do about a situation. Same goes for the way we feel when our...
“You never fill up the car! We could have been stranded!” “I’m not the one who decided their friends were more important than our anniversary!” “Well, maybe saving wouldn’t take so long if you weren’t stopping at Starbucks twice a day.” When you’re in a long-term...
We think that complaints are about fixing or resolving a specific issue bothering us. But here’s the thing: relationship problems are almost never resolved when someone complains. It doesn’t matter if your complaint is about clothes on the floor, always having to do...
Think about your first date. More hours than you can count of easy conversation about everything and nothing all at the same time. Sparks flying and anticipation thickening the air the whole night through. But when was the last time you felt like this with your...
“He leaves for work at 4 a.m., and he’s in a coma by 9.” “I work late into the evening, and manage the kids’ crazy morning routine before mine.” “We both have a lot going on right now.” “We’re just in a slump.” “It’s not like she’s interested when I try to make a move...
Despite best chances hovering right around the 50/50 mark that it will last, surveys say nearly 90 percent of Americans under 30 still believe their marriage is a forever kind of love. So, what exactly happens to our staying power (on average, about eight years in)...
Date-night obstacles vary depending on the couple, but the majority we’ve seen fit under three common challenges couples face when trying to re-establish the practice: our lives are too busy; planning is too difficult; or we’re too broke. Today, we share a handful of...
Decades ago, on a late night I was up past the family bedtime making chocolate chip cookies. I was a young married woman busy with a toddler and a growing marriage counseling practice, and I wanted to show my husband my love and appreciation. For some reason it...
Throughout your marriage, you will have many requests for your partner. To do the dishes more often, to spend more time planning dates, to pay more attention to you when you are telling a story. These requests aren’t unreasonable, and they should be validated by your...
Arguments can feel like a chokehold, squeezing the life and love out of a relationship. Of course, every couple argues from time to time — but problem comes when you can’t stop arguing. It doesn’t have to be this way, though. There are three steps that...
One of the greatest challenges in relationships is pinpointing why we feel a particular way about something. When we do, we immediately have a better sense of what we can (and frankly, can’t) personally do about a situation. Same goes for the way we feel when our...
“You never fill up the car! We could have been stranded!” “I’m not the one who decided their friends were more important than our anniversary!” “Well, maybe saving wouldn’t take so long if you weren’t stopping at Starbucks twice a day.” When you’re in a long-term...
We think that complaints are about fixing or resolving a specific issue bothering us. But here’s the thing: relationship problems are almost never resolved when someone complains. It doesn’t matter if your complaint is about clothes on the floor, always having to do...
Think about your first date. More hours than you can count of easy conversation about everything and nothing all at the same time. Sparks flying and anticipation thickening the air the whole night through. But when was the last time you felt like this with your...