Marriage
133 Articles & Excerpts
Chicken or Fish
Couplehood by Paul Reiser With someone you love, food becomes politics. We're in a restaurant and I'm about to eat a big fried piece of something crusty, and my loved one, very discreetly, gives me the little 'Do you really want that?' look. I think, 'She's probably right.'
Love, Sex, and Relationships
Ask Barbara: The 100 Most Asked Questions About Love, Sex, and Relationships by Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. How can I stop mothering my husband? How can a couple learn to trust love? Should you give a cheating partner another chance? Why can't my wife just have spontaneous sex sometimes? What signs should I look for in the beginning of a relationship to make
What Is the Weekend Marriage?
The Weekend Marriage: Abundant Love in a Time-Starved World by Mira Kirshenbaum It took years before it finally hit me: Oh my God, I don't have time for my marriage! How could I have missed it? After all, I knew that it's hard to have a relationship if you don't have time for it. Time is the air love needs to breathe.
What is a soul mate?
The Marriage Plan: How to Marry Your Soul Mate in One Year - or Less by Aggie Jordan, Ph.D. Most people can get married if they want to by whatever deadline they set. They could be married in two weeks if they simply put an ad in the paper and took the first response. This, of course, is not what you want. You want to marry happily.
The Engagement
Something New: Reflections on the Beginnings of a Marriage by Amanda Beesley For unmarried people in love and still on speaking terms with their families, holidays bring on difficult choices. The boyfriend and girlfriend want to be with each other, but both sets of parents want their still-single children home for one of the last
Moonlight, Roses, and Prenups
Prenups for Lovers: A Romantic Guide to Prenuptial Agreements by Arlene G. Dubin After a twelve-year marriage and a seven-year divorce proceeding, I married a lifelong bachelor. How did we do it? Although the complete answer could be the subject of another book, a principal reason is our prenuptial agreement.
Your Spouse: A Friend or a Lover?
Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach One of the rules of dating is that when a man tires of the woman he is seeing (or in many cases when a woman tires of a man), he cannot simply call her up and end it. No, that would be too heartless and cruel. Rather, dumping her comes in the form of the
Inside the Seattle Love Lab: The Truth about Happy Marriages
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert by John M. Gottman, Ph.D. It's a surprisingly cloudless Seattle morning as newlyweds Mark and Janice Gordon sit down to breakfast. Outside the apartment's picture window, the waters of Montlake cut a deep-blue swath, while runners jog and geese waddle along the lakeside park.
How We Connect Emotionally
The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships by John M. Gottman, Ph.D. A work team at one of Seattle's floundering Internet companies has a problem that's common in many workplaces: They can't communicate with their boss. If you catch a few team members at a local tavern after hours, you're likely to hear an exchange
How Great Is Your Marriage?
Emotional Infidelity: How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage and 10 Other Secrets to a Great Relationship by M. Gary Neuman Answer the following fifteen questions, then tabulate your responses to find out how your marriage stacks up. 1. Your spouse has gained ten pounds and says to you, 'I've really put on a few pounds lately.
Are You an HSP? Temperament, Love, and Sensitivity
The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. I fall in love so damn hard. I feel like an alien sometimes. Everyone else seems to be in a relationship. But what they call love just doesn't appeal to me. Investments, cars, sports, getting ahead at work-I don't say it, but I've zero interest in those
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Together
The Thoroughly Modern Married Girl : Staying Sensational After Saying "I Do" by Sara Bliss One of your first big decisions as a dynamic duo is to decide what your new handle will be. Some of you Married Girls were ready to link your first names with his last the very second Your Guy first sent a sexy smile your way.
Part 1, Part 2
Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This! The Book of Questions for Couple by Corey Donaldson There is very little optimism left in this world when it comes to the institution of marriage. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the following statistics: Since 1970 there has been a decline of more than one-third in the annual number of marriages per one
How to Be a Couple And Still Be Free
How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free by Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D. In fifteen years of working with couples in private therapy and workshops, we have found that no matter how unsolvable a problem seems to the couple presenting it, when we help them apply Cooperative Problem Solving a solution can always be found.
Why Be a Couple and Free?
How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free by Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D. Why did you pick up this book? Are you intrigued to think it is possible to be a couple and still be free? How can you be true to yourself and true to your partner at the same time? If you honor yourself, will your partner leave?
The Loving Gift of Being Fully Present
Wake Up or Break Up: 8 Crucial Steps to Strengthening Your Relationship by Leonard Felder, Ph.D. What would it be like if you and your partner became excellent listeners on a daily basis? For example, think back through the months or years you have known your partner and recall the times when the two of you talked like best friends who truly cared
Retirement Is Wonderful
Retirement for Two by Maryanne Vandervelde, Ph.D. One of the reasons that so many couples have problems in retirement is that they don't anticipate the changes accurately. It is optimistic and rather charming that so many people think retirement will be wonderful. For example, Prudential Securities did a
The Issues
Retirement for Two by Maryanne Vandervelde, Ph.D. When I was thirty-six, I moved across the country because my husband was offered a great new job. I eventually landed on my feet, but I couldn't find any books about what was happening to me-my career, my friendships, my relationship with my child
Introduction
Opening to Love 365 Days a Year by Judith Sherven, Ph.D., James Sniechowski, Ph. D. We've written Opening to Love 365 Days a Year because we know that most people never receive any meaningful training or preparation for enjoyable, effective dating, or for creating a healthy and vital marriage.
What is a Healthy Relationship Anyway?
The Intimacy Struggle: Revised and Expanded for All Adults by Janet Woititz What does a healthy relationship look like? What does it feel like? How do I get one? How will I know if I have one? These are very important and real questions that need to be addressed.
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