Marriage Advice, Relationship Advice, Tips, and Help Articles
Having the same conversation again and again, the one that turns into an argument or a cold war every time, gets old fast. But when your husband isn’t holding up his end of the parenting, finances or household maintenance, you end up stuck holding the bag, which is exhausting. You’re likely to get resentful if… Read More »
Having your husband let you down or say something that hurts you is bad enough. But what if he won’t admit it and say he’s sorry? You wonder whether he’s callous or just clueless. The pain feels more intense when you think about how easily he could offer the words you’re longing to hear—but he… Read More »
You have to set boundaries in relationships. Everyone knows that. But what if you don’t? Since boundaries are places at the edge of countries where soldiers with guns stand to defend their territory, you’ve gotta ask yourself: Do I really want those in my marriage? I know I don’t. Barbed wire and gun turrets don’t… Read More »
When you were dating, your husband probably wooed you with words. He most likely told you how great you looked, or how nice you are, and that he found himself thinking about you at work. Maybe he said he thought you were so sexy it was distracting, and that he loved your beautiful smile, and… Read More »
If you’re married to someone who is passive-aggressive, then you’re frequently facing resistance to the simplest things. His negative attitude is obvious, and sometimes he’s hostile for no reason. When he says he “forgot” to pick up the groceries when he promised he would, you have a hard time believing it was accidental. He doesn’t… Read More »
Everybody knows communication is the key to a good relationship. That’s obvious. But what if it isn’t? I’m a good talker. I started talking early, and I never really shut up. Growing up, my sport was Scrabble. I even majored in communication in college. So when there were big problems in my marriage just a… Read More »
It may not have been my first rageaholic episode, but I have a cringe-worthy memory of verbally ripping my sister up one side and down the other in anger when I was in college. Her crime? She locked my keys in the car. I could not contain the barrage of ugly words that came pouring… Read More »
Does your husband tell you how to cut an onion? How to drive? What to wear? It’s no fun to have someone barking orders at you like you’re incompetent or a kitchen elf who should do his bidding. You’ve calmly asked him to just relax or have gotten upset about it, and he still can’t… Read More »
As a new bride, I never really understood what it meant to be respectful to my husband. I wasn’t sure why I would want to go so far out of my way to respect him when I was absolutely certain that I was smarter, more efficient and had more common sense than he did anyway.… Read More »
I think you’ll agree with me when I say that sometimes the hardest thing in the world to do is to get a man to talk to you. You ask how his day was and he grunts. You tell him your news for the day and he keeps eating without even looking up. You try… Read More »
