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Archive for September, 2006

Who Can Benefit from Marriage Counseling?

Posted by Susan on September 26th, 2006

It’s really not possible to have a perfect marriage — each person brings their own personalities, histories, points of view and ideals into the relationship and both people need to work together to make them mesh.  Unfortunately, this takes A LOT of work.  It’s important to know that relationship problems, whether it’s having difficulty living […]

Can we fix this? Yes we- well, maybe not.

Posted by Amy on September 27th, 2006

I just finished talking to a friend who is engaged and soon to be married.  Only that may be on an indefinite halt.  Possibly permanent.
They’ve hit one of the two major differences of opinion that a marriage (or potential marriage) can face that is not likely to be solved by commitment and determination to make […]

Facing Hardships Together

Posted by Valerie on September 27th, 2006

My brother and sister in-law discovered that they were pregnant long before they were married.  The news was surprising but both families rallied around them and we encouraged them to the very end.  They were married in July and now on September 26, 2006 they have conceived their baby girl.  The moment was supposed to […]

Romance in Marriage is Never Ending… Right?

Posted by Susan on September 29th, 2006

Wrong.  Anyone who goes into a marriage expecting the romance to continue in the same blissful manner it was at the beginning of dating is in for a big surprise.  Marriage is not this “perfect state of relationship” that is always happy, always heading towards the fairy tale ending. 
Marriage takes a lot of work from […]

Opposites Attract…But Can They Stay Together?

Posted by Susan on September 29th, 2006

The situation is classic… the goody-goody girl attracted to the rebel guy.  She loves the excitement, the spontaneity, the danger.  He likes the challenge and the stability.  Can it really work long term though? 
While not all relationships are this obviously “opposite” many people are initially attracted to people who have qualities quite different than their own […]