Communication
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Love and Marriage Advice from Someone who Married Twice! By Katie
If you want sound love and marriage advice, ask someone who has enjoyed two successful and happy marriages! I’m honored to be asked to write a little about an institution of which I’m quite fond — marriage. I love it so much, I’ve done it twice. The first time was for 28 years before the love of my life died of cancer, I am now married to the love of the rest of my life. We’ve been married a little over two years. I won the lottery twice with two completely different men. I’m here to tell you that Stephenie Meyer was right, you can be in love with…
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Bad Communication in Marriage? How to Fix Communication in a Relationship Based on Real Marriages, Real Stories
Are you wondering if you are experiencing bad communication in marriage? I know I have personally marveled many times at how hard it can be to get on the same page as my husband. Here at wivestribe.com, we collect true stories from real married women about all kinds of issues, and from them we’ve learned a lot about how to fix communication in a relationship. Here are the overall lessons we’ve learned about how to fix communication in a relationship: Find your voices and use them! It’s good to wait until you’re both cooled down to discuss a problem, but a lot of bad communication in marriage (and even divorce)…
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Two Worlds Collide: Couples Counseling Testimony by Anonymous
This marriage story is about two very different people with very different people who learn to unite as one with the help of couples counseling. If you need help finding couples counseling, it can be as easy as typing into google “couples counseling near me.” I want to tell my marriage story. I have been married for almost four years now. I dated my husband for a full year and knew him for about a year and a half before we got married. I always thought that if I dated someone for at least a year, the adjustment of living together wouldn’t be as difficult. Well, I was definitely wrong…
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Forming a New Family: Living near In-Laws, Fighting for Time by Anonymous
Just over a year ago, my husband, our first child, and I moved to his hometown for his new job in the family business. My husband’s entire extended family — grandparents on both sides, aunts, uncles and cousins on both sides, their in-laws, great aunts and uncles, etc. — all live in this same area and see each other everywhere. They work together, send their kids to the same schools, invest in the same projects, and meet up at church on Sunday. When I was younger, it was just my parents and my siblings. We were independent, introverted, and happy to “do our own thing”. Living around so much family…
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Who Did I Marry? When the Honeymoon Phase Ends Early by Madi
When we got out of the water, C found a little hermit crab and started chasing me around with it. I always loved how playful and silly he could be. He never had to act like he was “too cool.” He was just himself, and I loved that. After taunting me with our new-found friend, we headed back to our cabana to layout and relax. I reached for my phone to look through some of the photos we had taken, but I quickly realized my phone was shorting out. Somehow, some water must have gotten into the case. I was so annoyed, but hey at least C still had his…
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Video: Stop Micromanaging Your Spouse
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Imperfect People Part IV: What’s the Point? Overcoming Marital Challenges by Anonymous
My marital challenges put strain not only on my relationship with my husband but also on my relationship with God. Trusting God On those nights when dark thoughts clouded my mind, and I didn’t want to be a wife or a mother anymore, I cried out to my Heavenly Father, and was disappointed with the lack of love I felt back. I didn’t get much of an answer. The only answers I heard were things I did not think my kind Heavenly Father would say to His struggling daughter. “Tough it out.” “It’s not that bad.” “You’re choosing to be depressed.” I still do not know if those words were…
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Imperfect People Part 3: Marriage Roles and Responsibilities
by Anonymous When we are struggling in our own marriages, sometimes inspiring stories of marriages that survived are exactly what we need. This anonymous author shares how she struggled in her marriage due to love languages, communication fallout, and questions about roles. Marriage roles and responsibilities cause a lot of marital strife. Read what this author learned about making marriage work when she and her husband could not agree on their roles in their long-term relationship. I have opened up about some of the darker moments in my marriage, but I want to paint a better picture of what my relationship looks like. I’d bet money that this will be…
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Different Cultures, Temper Issues, Mama’s Boy: Real Marriage Stories
by Anonymous Looking for real marriage stories that mirror your own? This author can help. While experiencing cultural variations in marriage and a husband that was emotionally close to his mother, this author had a hard time adjusting to marriage. When she realized “Wow, my partner has a temper,” distance really began to grow. How did they “become one” again? Everybody tells you the first years of marriage are considered “the honeymoon stage” because you’re so in love that everything is perfect. NOT TRUE! Our first 3 years were the worst years of our marriage, and I don’t really know how we survived it. If you’re looking to read real…
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We Were Never Created to Do This On Our Own: Marriage Fertility Problems, Marriage Communication Breakdown
No one tells you about the anguish and defeat you feel when trying to conceive with no luck.
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