Tag: Marriage

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Quick Thoughts: Marriage is Hard Work that Keeps on Giving to the Entire World

November 16, 2020
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I have heard, from as far back as I can remember, that marriage is hard work.  I always wondered how married people managed to have such full lives, especially after having children, if marriage was so much work.  I had this conception of working on one’s marriage as being in a vacuum. Marriage is not… Read More Quick Thoughts: Marriage is Hard Work that Keeps on Giving to the Entire World

— Family, Gender Identity, Gender Studies, Marriage, Pregnancy —

More Thoughts on Supporting the Husband of a Pregnant Woman

October 27, 2017
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Nothing about the birth of my child was about the other person that had so much to do with it: my husband.  I have already discussed this matter previously, but I think it’s such an important topic that I have to bring it up again. During labor, no one took care of my husband.  And… Read More More Thoughts on Supporting the Husband of a Pregnant Woman

— Family, Marriage, Parenting —

Parenting and Marital Happiness: Not Mutually Exclusive

October 6, 2017
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I am a bit of a nerd, just in case you haven’t noticed yet.  I love reading studies and reflecting on the implications of the results found.  However, I also can be quite harsh when it comes to studies that demonstrate a combination of laxity in their data analysis and over-confidence in their interpretation.  I… Read More Parenting and Marital Happiness: Not Mutually Exclusive

— Family, Marriage, Parenting —

Strengthening Your Marriage: Continuing The Work After Baby

September 22, 2017

Things can get quite…  Disorganised, shall we say?  After a baby is born.  One of the pieces of advice my husband and I took to heart was to not forget about our marriage and each other, and to make space for one another. We have found that the devil—or in this case, the angel?—is in… Read More Strengthening Your Marriage: Continuing The Work After Baby

— Family, Happiness, Marriage, Parenting —

Strengthening a Marriage Through the Common Experience of Raising Children

September 15, 2017

I recently wrote about how I didn’t think marital happiness and raising children were, despite what some might say, mutually exclusive.  But my husband and I had seen how some of our friends’ marriage suffered after having children, and so we decided to do research and take preventative measures to make sure it wouldn’t happen… Read More Strengthening a Marriage Through the Common Experience of Raising Children

— Community Building, Marriage —

Weddings Bells and Community Building

July 11, 2017

If marriage is meant to create families—i.e. the building blocks of society—then weddings are part of the process in which societies are built. And interestingly enough, I find that even weddings that are not organised with community building in mind bring people together and develop strong bonds between them like few other events can. I… Read More Weddings Bells and Community Building

— Family, Marriage, Parenting —

Helping My Husband (Not): How The Best Intentions Can Go Wrong

April 21, 2017
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One of the things that bothers me to no end is how fathers are underappreciated.  I won’t ever forget how, despite his exhaustion and the emotional toll of worrying about his wife and baby, no one took care of my husband during our baby’s birth.  The most ironic part of this story is that because… Read More Helping My Husband (Not): How The Best Intentions Can Go Wrong

— Family, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Development —

Parenting and Marital Happiness: Not Mutually Exclusive

January 13, 2017
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I am a bit of a nerd, just in case you haven’t noticed yet.  I love reading studies and reflecting on the implications of the results found.  However, I also can be quite harsh when it comes to studies that demonstrate a combination of laxity in their data analysis and over-confidence in their interpretation. I… Read More Parenting and Marital Happiness: Not Mutually Exclusive

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Featured Post: ‘A Dad’s Letter to his Son about the Only Good Reason to Get Married’

June 18, 2016
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There is a lot of uncertainty that surrounds us, especially millennials.  One of the common topics of conversation that I often hear my generation talk about is that of security.  And one of the ways of getting that feeling of security seems to be by getting married. But at the same time, there is an… Read More Featured Post: ‘A Dad’s Letter to his Son about the Only Good Reason to Get Married’

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Book Review: ‘Date like a Girl, Marry Like a Woman: The Polished Woman’s Guide to Love, Romance, and Sex’, by Jessica R Bunevacz

June 16, 2016
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About the author What do you get when you mix a strict Catholic upbringing, a strong curiosity for the opposite sex, and the need to grow up quickly? If you’re lucky you get an outcome like Jessica Bunevacz, the vivacious and outspoken first time author behind Date Like a Girl, Marry Like a Woman: The… Read More Book Review: ‘Date like a Girl, Marry Like a Woman: The Polished Woman’s Guide to Love, Romance, and Sex’, by Jessica R Bunevacz