The whole pregnancy and giving birth experience is God’s great joke on humanity: Men prefer to deal with physical pain (the pain makes sense) while women prefer to deal with emotional pain (they bond and grow friendships through sharing and listening), so what does God do for child birth? Give the … [Read more...]
Avoiding Those Petty Fights
Marriages are rarely broken by a major issue. In fact, more people recover from affairs and hidden debt scandals than you’d expect (there are also more hidden debt scandals than you’d expect where one person builds thousands of dollars of debt behind their partner’s back). Instead, what kills most … [Read more...]
Why You Want Your Man to Have a Dad-Bod
There are five main red flags I like to give women if they’re married and wonder if they have a potentially bigger issue with their partner going on that needs to be addressed, which are the same five red flags I give a woman interested in dating a guy. (If you want the answer to the title, you can … [Read more...]
12 Things that Make Someone a Jerk
Because I have been on the receiving end of some very unfair assumptions and accusations, I find my heart often goes to the accused. It wants to assume these people have good hearts and they acted in a way that was misinterpreted or they simply had a bad moment. I don’t like to assume people are … [Read more...]
Mother-in-Laws…
My mother-in-law is one of my wife’s best features. If you think that’s rude, I’ll also add that one of my own best features is my mom. Both my wife and I scored with incredible mother-in-laws, which is pretty rare, but absolutely amazing. Life is so much better when the couple enjoys each … [Read more...]
Babies are the Worst!
Babies suck. Yes, I wrote that. If you’re thinking, “Don’t you have a new born?” You’d be correct. And that’s why this topic has come up. I’m not just a jerk claiming babies suck because I want someone to hate. If hating someone was what I wanted (I’m not sure why I would), I have me, and I got … [Read more...]
The Importance of Perspective
Last week I wrote about the importance of knowing our roles in a relationship – a pretty smart post if you ask me (I’m okay with being biased). Another very important concept that needs to be remembered is perspective. How we experience something is affected by how we interpret it. For instance, … [Read more...]
Know Your Role (a tip particularly helpful for new parents)
In my marriage, I’ve been the social organizer, trip planner, and the one generally in charge of our calendar; you know, the stuff wives typically do – yes, I’m kind of a woman (my friends will confirm that). If you knew my wife, you’d understand why I’ve been put in charge of this. She has no … [Read more...]
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