Feeling burned out? Wishing you had a more successful marriage? Are you starting to feel like your partner is a roommate and friend rather than a husband or wife? It’s simple to let the romance fall by the way side in marriage. Children, busy schedules, cooking meals, and work can…
If a successful marriage could be predicted by way of crystal ball (or some other foolproof contraption), then the divorce rate wouldn’t be ranging from 40 to 50 percent every year. No couple starts out expecting to fail, but the hard truth is that many do, and much of what…
Marriage is a unique institution in that it’s one of the only commitments that human beings make as a lifelong thing. While it often doesn’t work out that way, few people ever get married without the intention of being together until their dying day. Along the way, there are many…
Playing the blame game is never productive whether you are a single person or married. Being unable or unwilling to take responsibility for your own actions will only drive wedges between you and the people you care about the most. This is especially true in a relationship or marriage, where…
Pope Francis, elected as the new Holy Father in 2013, has definitely been leading the church in a new direction since he took the reins. In addition to preaching more about inclusion, he has said some things that go against the more conservative Catholics, most recently being the statement that…
Bouncing back from a divorce isn’t easy, and it doesn’t happen overnight, but often times your progress will advance significantly if you’re able to stop doing certain things that set you back. Recently, Huffington Post took a look at some of these things from the male perspective. Here’s what a…
Last week a YouTube video showing a man taking his divorce settlement to the extreme surfaced and quickly amassed more than 3 million views. The video was in the German language but entitled “For Laura,” whom the poster claimed was his partner of 12 years. In the text that accompanies…
Adjusting to divorce is a process that can last for years depending on how determined you are to move past it. What you can’t afford to do is avoid certain emotions just because they may seem uncomfortable. That’s why we’ve put together a quick list of the emotions you will…
Human beings have a talent for hurting each other, and nowhere is this more apparent than when discussing a marriage gone badly. Unfortunately, the people who should be closest to each other are the best at inflicting the most damage. Within a divorce, here are some “dirty divorce tricks” most…
Guarantees and certainties are two things that most people entering marriage hope for, but few ever find it. In fact, expecting these out of your relationship can more often than not lead to divorce. That’s because you create unrealistic expectations in your mind for how your spouse is supposed to…