“Its a question I dont like to ask, but in all truthfulness I can barely recall.” By Brie Gowen Sometimes I sit comfortably at the end of the day watching you across the room. The easy silence settles between us as we relax collectively. We pick up conversation at intermittent intervals, never missing a beat…
One question: Is it open bar? 1. Early 20s: Hearing your friends are engaged. View this image › i.imgur.com / Via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures “LOVE IS REAL!” 2. Late 20s: Hearing your friends are engaged. View this image › soyouwanttoplaytheviolin.tumblr.com / Via NBCUniversal Television Distribution “Love is expensive.” 3. Early 20s: Receiving the…
Guys, I have news: I’m engaged! I know you don’t know who I am, so this probably doesn’t mean shit to you, but I just had to say it. I’m marrying the woman I love, and I did so by writing a very personal proposal in a very public magazine, Elle Canada. I had cold-pitched…
The first things I feltwerehands clenching my ankles. It wasdark and this wasn’tmy room and I didn’tknow who the handsbelonged to, but I knewthey wanted to pull me away from here and into something sinister. What I didn’tknow wasthat they wereabout to drag me to my wife. Sleep paralysis is particularly seedy. It messeswith your…
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Here’s a fun fact that’ll blow your mind: Soon you could be more likely to marry someone of a different race to you than someone with a different political view. Obviously, when it comes to tying the knot, we’re keen to be on the same page politically. It’s one less argument to have. It’s so…
She had never known divorce or pornography until she married a pastor. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj5RpYiOqQY?rel=0&controls=0] “His heart and his mind were somewhere else besides with me…” She wasthe “good girl” in school and the “good wife,” so marrying a good guy should instantly translate to happy ever after…right? ESPECIALLYa pastor. Unfortunately, Christina found out the harsh…
There are two types of people in this world: the ones who instantly know how they vision their big days to be and those who shudder at even the thought of marriage. I use to be the latter. Even when I was in a serious relationship, marriage seemed like an obligation. However, recently, I have…
Its great to have things to look forward to in our marriage.But, there are a five common scenarios in which waiting for these is actually detrimental to our marriage. By Ashley Willis 1. Waiting to work on your marriage until the kids are all grown and out of the house. Whenever Ive posted about the…
Children are a blessing from God, but ask any husband who has sex once a month because his kids are always sleeping in his bed, and hes probably harboring bitterness that kids have killed his sex life. By Jason Isaacs Its ironic, isnt it? According to God, you should abstain from sex until youre married,…
Some people believe romance is dead… In the age of online dating, apps, and “hookup culture,” many people feel the days of love letters and grand romantic gestures are gone. There are no more great love stories, they say. While that’s all up for debate, you certainly can’t claim that romance is completely dead when…
When all eyes are on you, you dont want to blow it. Here are seven tips for delivering a wedding speech thats guaranteed to bring the party to its feet. 1. Speak loudly and clearly through your main mouth: No matter how good the speech youve written is, it wont get off the ground with…
I hung up the phone after a recent and frustrating conversation with my ex-husband, and I stared blankly at the wall. Wow, I thought to myself in awe. That guy was once what I thought my checklist was.” How could I have ever been so wrong, so misguided, so stupid? Love is odd, and relationships…
On Tuesday, October 25, Jason Eaton walked into Indiana’s Greensburg Police Department and told deputies that he had just murdered his girlfriend, Wendy Sabatini. The reason? She rejected his marriage proposal. Sadly, cases like this aren’t exactly rare. Every day in the United States, as many as three women die at the hands of current…
They were minutes from walking down the aisle, but there was something he had to do first… U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb Earwood and his bride Maggie became famous overnight for their wedding photo that Dwayne Schmidt, their photographer, was lucky enough to catch. The couple who started out as high school friends began dating…