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New Video: Can High School Sweethearts Reunite?
In this video, Jamie shares her real-life answer to the question: Can high school sweethearts reunite? Her true story about marriage, divorce, death, and new beginnings is both riveting and relatable. Thank you for sharing your experience with marriage with us. What do you think based on your experience? Can high school sweethearts reunite successfully? If you’re happily married to your high school sweetheart, drop a comment below!
- Abuse, Anger or Temper, Arguing, Considering Divorce, Love Languages, Mental Illness, Raising Children, Roles, Therapy
What Are Normal Ups and Downs in a Relationship?
by Anonymous What are normal ups and downs in a relationship? In this story, one dedicated husband shares his take on the ups and downs of marriage. I’ve been with my wife for 9 years, and married 6. We have two absolutely wonderful 4 year old children. I’m about to turn 29, and she will be 28 in March. In the beginning, it was as per usual with new feelings, and new emotions that neither of us had really felt before we had met each other. Sex life was amazing, and very often. This relationship was one for the ages, we bonded so well, and in-laws treated each like their…
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Marriage After Baby
by Anonymous An innocent, carefree relationship can become a strained marriage after baby comes. While a child enhances marriage in meaningful ways, it can also create distance between partners. In this story, our author compares her marriage before baby to her marriage after baby. As someone who grew up not being allowed to have sleepovers, the idea of getting to spend an entire 24 hours with a friend was completely exhilarating. Add to that the prospect of an eternal marriage to my best friend… well, that was mind-blowingly spectacular. Suffice it to say, getting married was the absolute best decision I’d ever made. The first three years of our marriage…
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What is Partnership in Marriage? Equal Partnerships in Marriage Are Not Always 50/50!
The specific percentages of labor division in a relationship are not important. What is important is how each person feels.
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My Journey: Divorce & Remarriage, with Children
This story is the personal experience and advice from Robyn about how she helped her children during her divorce & remarriage. Check out this book, “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” to learn more about how to communicate with your children in the best ways! Hi! I would like to share a personal experience and some advice for parents who are divorced. Life Changes I married my high school love after he served a 2-year service mission for our church. Fast forward 7 years and we had 4 cute little boys, ranging from ages 6 years to 4 months old. One day he…
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Hobbit Love: Online Dating, Marriage after Divorce, Dating with Children by Richard
Let’s hear a story from a husband’s perspective! Read this sweet story of Richard’s second chance of finding love – and finding his “Hobbit, Lord of the Rings-loving” wife. We are happy to share this story about online dating, marriage after divorce, and dating with children through a man’s eyes. Dating with Children The year was 2012, I was living in Eagle Mountain, Utah as a 30 year old single father. Being a single dad to my daughter and working full time made dating a challenge. Friends and family members would do their best to set me up, though this never turned out to lead to anything more than a…
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Closer to You: Who Should Go to Marriage Counseling? Things to Improve Marriage, Toxic Beliefs about Marriage
by Kaylee Have you ever wondered who should go to marriage counseling? Kaylee shares her experience with non-crisis marriage counseling. She believes that everyone has toxic beliefs about love or themselves. If you’re searching for things to improve marriage, consider attending marriage counseling with your spouse and exploring your own toxic beliefs about love or self. Things to Improve Marriage: Therapy and Self-Help My hubby and I are best friends. He still makes me light up like a Christmas tree when he walks in the room. Our problems have brought us closer. We have fought, both of us, to make it so. There are many things that have helped us…
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When the Honeymoon Phase is Over (AKA Entering the “Crumb Coat” Stage) by Brette
Is it normal to lose the spark in your marriage? Brette shares the universal truth of functionality, trust and friendship replacing some of the initial romance in marriage. Brette was unnerved when she first thought: “The honeymoon phase is over.” She missed the hearing about how perfect she and her husband were together, but with time and experience, she grew to love the “crumb coat” stage of marriage. Transitioning from the “Stacking Stage” to the “Crumb Coat Stage” in Marriage I’m married. Does that give me absolute authority on the subject? Not at all. I definitely feel the need to preface with that. Marriage relationships are so complex and intricate.…
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Child Loss and Different Ways to Mourn by Robin
Are you and your spouse struggling with the loss of a child and having difficulty coping? Do you know the best ways to support yourself and each other during tragic times of sadness? We encourage our readers to visit Save The Marriage and begin this tried and proven experience to strengthen their marriage. When you find that person in your life that you’re willing to spend the rest of your life with, there is no other feeling like it. So much about your personalities and characteristics are similar, but you’re not naïve, you know that there are differences as well. I have been married for five years next month, and…
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Marriage Ebbs and Flows: Becoming a Stay at Home Mom, Anxiety and Depression Effects on Marriage by Amanda
Amanda shares the marriage ebbs and flows she has experienced with her husband. Transitioning from full-time work to becoming a stay at home mom put her and her spouse on totally different schedules. After a job loss, both partners suffered from anxiety and depression. Effects on marriage caused by mental health can be detrimental, but Amanda was committed to working through the tough times with her great sense of humor intact! My husband and I have been married for 10 years. On paper our marriage might look like this: 2 houses, 3 kids, 4 colleges, 5 boats, 9 vehicles, 10 different employers, and a few four wheelers and jet skis.…