Should you tell your spouse everything about your past or are some secrets yours to keep? Case in point: A man was awarded $100,000 after he successfully sued his wife over the fact that they had a baby he deemed ugly. How could this be!? well he subsequently came to find out that his wife slightly misrepresented her true self to him prior to their marriage- aka- she had $100,000 … [Read more...]
3 Things Newlyweds Need to Know About Estate Planning
You said “I do,” celebrated with family and ventured off to some exotic island half a world away. As you bask in the afterglow of your honeymoon, estate planning is probably the furthest thing from your mind. After all, what could possibly happen? Life, actually. All couples, especially newlyweds, need to take steps to preserve the financial future for themselves and their … [Read more...]
What Would You tell Your Bride to be Self about Marriage?
Sitting at a wedding with my husband recently--i kept thinking -What Would You tell Your Bride to be Self about Marriage? We will be married to for a total of 21 years this December ( EEK!) --and we began talking about all the things we wish we could tell our younger about-to-be-married selves about marriage--and all the things NOT TO DO... And I know I'm not alone in wistfully … [Read more...]
Stop Expecting your Husband to be Mr. Perfect and Let Go of Phrases like, “You complete me”
Before I met my husband I was a self-described serial dater. It's not that I had a problem getting dates; rather, committing to those second dates is what I found so difficult. ( I needed to read this post Stop Expecting your Husband to be Mr. Perfect back then- but I digress.) In fact I could usually hear my mother's voice, playing on an almost continuous loop in the small of my mind shouting, … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Celebrate your Husband This Father’s Day
When it comes to Father's Day, do you find yourself devoting all of your attention to helping your kids celebrate dad? Maybe this means supervising the making of homemade cards, grocery shopping and preparing a breakfast in bed, or coming up with Pinteresting gift ideas. To answer the question- YES to all ( minus the bacon as we are vegetarian and vegan). While there's no question that it's … [Read more...]