The groom and the bride stand at the altar—him in his finest suit, her in a beautiful chiffon gown. With dreamy eyes, they promise to love and to hold one another, through sickness and health, for better or worse, till death to them part. The priest pronounces them as man and wife and the groom gently...
Weddings are one of the most special and exciting events that can happen in anyone’s life. It is a very important occasion, for it is the beginning of a new chapter in a couple’s love story. But, there is one thing that goes unnoticed soon after the magical wedding and romantic honeymoon: marital depression....
Couples come in different shapes and sizes. There are power couples, the sporty ones, and the save-Mother-Earth ones. We also see a lot of young couples, often with a toddler in tow, and of course there are those who quietly sit in a park bench, holding hands—the old couple that never fails to touch...
Every expert, marriage counsellor or therapist have their own list of the qualities of a good marriage. There are two words, though, that has consistently stayed on almost every relationship advice, articles and columns about happy marriages: true friendship. Love and sex are equally important, but...
There was a time when marriage counselling was considered a last resort for struggling couples, always with something of a stigma attached. A lot of people feel that to go through counselling is to acknowledge defeat, and implies weakness in a way. In recent years, however, more and more couples have...
A marriage may suffer from irreversible damage due to a regular existence of anger outbursts from a spouse. Having a limited knowledge on how to handle the situation can make coping with an angry spouse very difficult. Anger is hostility resulting from a variety of triggering behaviour and situations,...
7. Successful Marriage Secrets Divorce rates are at an all-time high, and a successful marriage seems hard to come by high these days. Rare is the occasion when we stumble upon a couple who has been married for more than 30 years, and when we do, some people think of it as “weird”. As soon as a couple announces the engagement,...
8. "Just Married" -- Adjustments Of A Newlywed Couple When does a marriage start? Not on the wedding day, and definitely not on the honeymoon. A marriage starts when the magical feeling of the wedding day starts to wear off, and the couple is faced with the monotony of everyday life. Who cleans up the toilet? Marriage isn’t all romantic dinners and steamy...
9. Keeping Your Marriage Sizzlin Hot Your alarm clock rings at 6 a.m. You think of your schedule at the office even before you could scratch yourself in the morning. By the time you drop the kids off to school you’re already too tired to go to work. And if things can’t get any worse, you forgot that you have an important meeting at 8 and...
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