Thursday, February 28, 2019

Why Do I Act Like I Don't Love My Wife?

Love my wife

"Sigh … I’ve done it again.  My wife had been running a little behind our intended schedule. Rather than waiting patiently (or maybe actually stepping in to help) I did what I do so well: I pontificated, this time speculating aloud about how many total minutes of our lives she had wasted in delays".....

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Pursue Your Partner at Every Stage of Marriage

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"While healthy marriages require us to put in this intentional effort, and to pursue one another on a continual basis, many dominant paradigms in our culture tell us otherwise".....

https://www.gottman.com/blog/pursue-your-partner-at-every-stage-of-marriage/

Monday, February 25, 2019

The Math Behind Successful Relationships

A team of professors found that marriages typically fall into five categories: validating, volatile, conflict–avoiding, hostile and hostile–detached.

"Nearly 30 years ago, a mathematician and a psychologist teamed up to explore one of life’s enduring mysteries: What makes some marriages happy and some miserable?".....

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-do-i-love-thee-a-mathematician-counts-the-ways-11549627200?mod=e2tw

Thursday, February 21, 2019

"If, Then" Marriage Cycle



"The endless cycle seen above is what I’ve come to call the 'If, Then' Marriage Cycle. All too often, we find ourselves saying to our spouses 'If you would just do this, then I would do that.'  It’s conditional love, which is really not love at all because true love is unconditional".....

http://www.markmerrill.com/if-then-marriage-cycle/

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

2 Things Christ-Centered Marriages Understand

2 things godly marriages understand

"Marriage is not about getting YOUR way. That is all. You can stop reading now.  Oh, want me to keep going? I can do that".....

http://blog.manhoodjourney.org/2-things-godly-marriages-understand

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

4 Marriage Rules You Should Break

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"Some marriage 'rules' have been repeated so frequently that they’re accepted as conventional wisdom. But do all of these general do’s and don’ts work for every couple, all the time? Hardly".....

http://www.markmerrill.com/4-marriage-rules-you-should-break/