Marriage Advice, Relationship Advice, Tips, and Help Articles
As you already know if you or your husband has chronic pain, it can put a massive strain on a marriage. When one of you is always hurting, it’s an ever present challenge to emotional and physical intimacy. Just like when you’re sick, it’s very hard to be at your best when you’re going “ouch,”… Read More »
Before I had a marriage support group, John and I were struggling. I was really hurting and wanted to end my marriage. Marriage counseling didn’t work for us, and I didn’t know what else to do to get my husband to straighten up. Getting a marriage support group was one of the smartest things I… Read More »
If you’ve ever been separated, I don’t need to tell you what a stressful, heartbreaking experience it is. It’s also so awkward and embarrassing to have to explain to everybody what’s going on. You don’t want their pity, or for the kids to get scared or start asking really hard questions. You just want to… Read More »
When I first interviewed women who were happy in their marriages and asked for their secrets, they said these crazy things that didn’t make any sense to me. But I was desperate enough in my painful marriage to try what they said, and when I did the things they talked about, I got my miracle.… Read More »
When you’re wondering whether the relationship is over for him, it’s because you’re worried that you’re going to be left. You’re scared that you’re going to be abandoned and you want to know the future so you can prepare and somehow soften the blow to your heart. If you just knew one way or the… Read More »
When your husband is there but not there, it’s lonely. It’s also stressful and exhausting. When you’re there trying to reach out and get reassurance and he doesn’t respond, it only reinforces how disconnected you are, which hurts. A lot. If this goes on for a long time, you feel a wave a hopelessness that… Read More »
When you fell in love with your husband, it was partly because he made you feel beautiful, sexy and special. So it can be crushing to find out that he’s still looking at other women online even though he’s with you. It can make you feel undesirable, disappointed and less than. Even worse, it might… Read More »
If he doesn’t want you anymore, it does hurt—really bad. Whether his actions are speaking louder than words and he’s too busy to spend time with you or he’s saying he doesn’t want you and making plans to leave you, or has already left, it can leave you with the excruciating impression that you’re unlovable.… Read More »
In my early marriage when things were terribly out of balance, I was seething with resentment about my husband not doing enough chores and not making enough money, which left me with the heavy burden of having to make up for him in both areas. I had to control the finances since we were always… Read More »
Everybody has doubts about their relationship from time to time. Like the time I woke up sick the night after a trip to Tijuana and my husband’s first response was “Ha ha ha!” That was our first anniversary. And I thought “What is this thing that I’ve married?” But I had much more serious doubts… Read More »
