Marriage Actually - An honest look at marriage

October 17th, 2007

Marriage Fitness 4

Let’s begin looking at each the of the Marriage Fitness steps in depth, starting with Step #1 - Put Love First. If I may, let me summarize the chapter with an equation:
Love = Time
The foundation of Fertel’s approach isn’t based on communication skills or conflict resolution tips, its based on the proactive expression of love […]

By Bald Man -- 11 comments

October 16th, 2007

Ways to Support Your Friend’s Marriage

Inspired by Nicole’s comment here, let’s build a list together. I’ll throw out a few thoughts to get the ball rolling, and I hope you’ll chime in with your comments and additions.
Ways to Support Your Friend’s Marriage

Give them time together - Things must change between you and your formerly single friend. Hopefully they won’t drop […]

By Bald Man -- 3 comments

October 15th, 2007

Friends of Your Marriage

It’s something I’ve thought quite a bit about before and during our marriage.
The question is this: Are you surrounded by people who support and encourage your marriage (or marriage in general), or by people who don’t care one way or the other whether your marriage (or any marriage) lasts?
When I think about most of the […]

By Kerri -- 15 comments

October 15th, 2007

Our First Blogtoberfest Winner!

As you may remember, Bald Man’s post from last Friday was the first of our Blogtoberfest Prize Posts. We randomly drew from the 9 commenters on the post and the winner was Jennifer!
Congratulations, Jennifer! Here’s what you’ve won:
Photo and Baby Footprint Desktop Frame from Babysakes.com
Product Description:
Babyprints allows […]

By Kerri -- 1 comment

October 13th, 2007

Can you name their favorites?

As Bald Man mentioned (and therefore should not forget :P ), Sweetest Day is coming up quickly. Valentine’s and Sweetest Days always seem to bring about images of chocolates and flowers, breakfast in bed, maybe a bit of lingerie.

I’m big on gifts, though, often much to the frustration of the aforementioned Bald […]

By Kerri -- 1 comment

October 12th, 2007

Marriage Questions: When To Have Kids?

[UPDATE] Blogtoberfest winner for this post announced. Click here to see if you won!
Heather from Marriage Diva left a comment last week, so I followed the link back over to her site. Her post yesterday has inspired my question today:
At what stage of your marriage should you have kids?

Note: I assume you are planning on […]

By Bald Man -- 11 comments

October 11th, 2007

Could you forgive infidelity?

For the longest time, I said I could never forgive infidelity. That was my one breaking point. And I knew this from the time I was, I dunno, old enough to date? I’m sure it was one of the first things that Bald Man knew about me as it related to marriage. […]

By Kerri -- 9 comments

October 10th, 2007

Holiday Alert! Sweetest Day Is October 20th

“What’s Sweetest Day?” you ask. Think late-October Valentine’s Day. It’s a bit of a thing here in the Midwest.
Turns out it wasn’t crafted by Hallmark as part of an effort to sell more cards as I’d always assumed. Close, though. It was concocted in 1921 by a consortium of Cleveland area candy manufacturers. Here’s the […]

By Bald Man -- 1 comment

October 9th, 2007

Blogtoberfest Has Begun

Yesterday was the official launch of Blogtoberfest 2007 for the Family and Relationships Channel!!! Remember, watch for the Blogtoberfest button that looks like this:

It will appear from now until the 19th of October on various posts in the following blogs:
* A Child Chosen
* Babylune
[…]

By Kerri -- 0 comments

October 8th, 2007

Marriage Fitness 3

Let’s continue stepping our way through Marriage Fitness. See, that was a pun, because Marriage Fitness is centers on “The MarriageMax® 4-Step Plan.” (Those are the jokes people; get used to it.) This is an example of the self-help hype that I found off-putting. Anyway, here’s the Plan is brief; we’ll chat individually about each […]

By Bald Man -- 0 comments