Marriage and Family Blog

If You’re Attracted to Someone Else…

August 6, 2020

Let’s cut to the chase. There will be times when we find ourselves attracted to someone other than our spouse. We don’t like to admit it, but it happens. We see someone and do a double-take. We’re with a group of people and find ourselves drawn to someone’s humor, personality, or interests. This is normal […]

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If You’re Attracted to Someone Else…

August 6, 2020

  Let’s cut to the chase. There will be times when we find ourselves attracted to someone other than our spouse. We don’t like to admit it, but it happens. We see someone and do a double-take. We’re with a group of people and find ourselves drawn to someone’s humor, personality, or interests. This is […]

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If Your Approaches to Parenting Differ…

July 30, 2020

When people come into my counseling office with marital problems, I always ask them, “When did these things start to be a problem?” The majority of people trace it back to when they started having kids. This makes sense. When kids come along… You have to share your spouse’s attention with a very needy child. […]

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If You Find it Difficult to Deal With Your In-Laws…

July 23, 2020

“It’s only for a couple of weeks. Just don’t say anything!” These were the words of caution/threat that my wife delivered to me prior to her parents’ arrival. And she drove those word home as if she was driving a three-inch nail through my forehead. In all fairness, she had good reason to be concerned. […]

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If You Find it Difficult to Deal With Your In-Laws…

July 23, 2020

  “It’s only for a couple of weeks. Just don’t say anything!” These were the words of caution/threat that my wife delivered to me prior to her parents’ arrival. And she drove those word home as if she was driving a three-inch nail through my forehead. In all fairness, she had good reason to be […]

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If You Disagree on Spending… (Part 2)

July 16, 2020

  In the last Normal Marriage Post, we began looking at a topic that can be so problematic in marriage it ranks right up there with sex and communication. The topic was money. In the last post, we looked at the two issues that make money and spending so difficult in marriage: money deficiencies and […]

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If You Disagree on Spending… (Part 2)

July 16, 2020

In the last Normal Marriage Post, we began looking at a topic that can be so problematic in marriage it ranks right up there with sex and communication. The topic was money. In the last post, we looked at the two issues that make money and spending so difficult in marriage: money deficiencies and spousal […]

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If You Disagree on Spending… (Part 1)

July 9, 2020

They say the three hot topics for marriage are sex, money, and communication. We talked about sex in the last post and we’ll put off communication till a later post. (See what I did there?) So, let’s talk about money. At one time or another, every marriage will have problems over money, and how to […]

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If You Disagree on Spending… (Part 1)

July 9, 2020

  They say the three hot topics for marriage are sex, money, and communication. We talked about sex in the last post and we’ll put off communication till a later post. (See what I did there?) So, let’s talk about money. At one time or another, every marriage will have problems over money, and how […]

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If You’re Struggling with Your Sexual Relationship…

July 2, 2020

Sex can easily become an issue in marriage. Here are some of the things spouses tell me in my counseling office… “My spouse wants sex all the time!” “My spouse is just not interested in sex. “ “I’m not sure about some of the things my spouse wants to do sexually.” “My spouse never wants […]

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