Marriage Actually - An honest look at marriage

August 20th, 2007

Leaving Home

Moving now from Buddha to the Bible, consider the following from the book of Genesis:
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.” The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every […]

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August 19th, 2007

He Said - She Said

More from “If the Buddha Married,” by Charlotte Kasl. This time, lets talk about an essential to communication… recognizing our “interpretive filters.”
We had a running joke in the family growing. It’s a monologue that goes something like this: “I think I thought I heard what you think you said, but I’m not so sure you […]

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August 17th, 2007

A Promise

For your consideration…
I didn’t marry you because you were perfect. I didn’t even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise […]

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August 15th, 2007

TV and Your Marriage

Okay, I’ll go ahead and ask it. What role does the TV play in your marriage?
I imagine a few generations before mine, that would’ve been a ludicrous question to even ask. While most of us now have several TVs in our homes, some bigger than we could ever have imagined, there was […]

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August 15th, 2007

“What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate”

As I continue to muse on what it means to express our identity truly vs. as an illusory image, let’s through this quote from “If the Buddha Married” into the mix (p. 127):

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August 13th, 2007

“What’s My Motivation?”

Going through a few other thoughts inspired by If The Buddha Married, by Charlotte Kasl, I’ll pick up where I left off in my post on Image and Reality.

Kasl challenges us to pause and examine our real motivations, particularly in times of stress or distress. When we feel threatened, hurt, of angry, we sometimes react […]

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August 12th, 2007

Marriage Quote #10

Life’s greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862
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August 10th, 2007

Divvy up the duties…

How do you divvy up the housework in your home? Do you go along traditional gender/Beaver Cleaver household rules? Does one of you do the lion’s share of the chores while the other, um, doesn’t?
I think in the beginning of our marriage we did fall along the traditional gender rules. We didn’t […]

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August 9th, 2007

Personalized Wedding Rings: Trendy or Tacky?

Christine over at Our One Heart was talking about Personalized Wedding Rings. No, no… not something etching inside the band, like initials or your wedding date. This is something on the outside of the band. A message that the world is meant to see.
Is it just me or have wedding rings (and engagement rings for […]

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August 7th, 2007

Carnival of Family Life at Write from Karen

This week’s Carnival of Family Life is being hosted at Write from Karen. She personally read all 76 entries!!!! I can’t promise that I’ll do the same, but I’ve read enough to share these posts with you. :)
I’m often amazed when I hear the huge expenses given for weddings. I know we […]

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