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Can a husband and wife survive planning a bar mitzvah without DRIVING EACH OTHER CRAZY?

February 28, 2018 by Melissa Chapman 9 Comments

Scenes from a Marriage: Can a husband and wife survive planning a bar mitzvah without DRIVING EACH OTHER CRAZY? Cue the odd couple music We knew this day would come. But my husband and I are both major procrastinators. My husband more so than me- he's the type of guy, who waits till he casually bumps into a neighbor to ask a question- as opposed to just ringing their doorbell- and just flat-out … [Read more...]

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3 tips to stay in your marriage even when you feel like you want to quit

May 18, 2016 by Melissa Chapman 2 Comments

After 20 years of marriage my husband wants me to take his last name

You went into this marriage with both of your eyes wide open. You had your checklist and assumed if your fiance possessed all those "must-have qualities you' be that married couple sitting on a porch swing well into your golden years with your beloved, holding hands and communicating through, thoughtful non-verbal gazes. Of course no one could have prepared you for life's proverbial curve balls … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marriage, Marriage, Marriage and Relationships, MMSG, My Sugar daddy Tagged With: couples and relationships, happiness with the opposite sex, keeping it together, keeping your marriage together, marriage, married my sugar daddy, Melissa Chapman, what makes a marriage work

Surfing for porn online: is it emotional infidelity?

July 25, 2013 by Melissa Chapman 1 Comment

I never thought I'd be one of those wives who would find her husband up late at night surfing porn. Why did I think my guy was immune to the seductive lure of ogling titillating images? Well because my husband is not at all computer savvy- he doesn't text, tweet or post on Facebook and he rarely goes on the internet. I'd sooner find him with a stash of hard copy magazines under the bed than I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Marriage, Marriage Tagged With: emotional infidelity, online infidelity, surfing for porn

Can you get your romance on with your spouse, when you can’t snag a babysitter?

July 16, 2012 by Melissa Chapman Leave a Comment

My husband and I have not been on a weekender - i.e. taken a romantic reprieve from our kids - in a little over a year. It has been a rough period in our lives as my first love, the man who stole my heart,  my dad passed away in May of 2011. My dad was our go to sitter. We could literally just drop the kids and our dog on his doorstep sans clothing, food and any of their kidcessories and upon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marriage, MMSG, My Sugar daddy Tagged With: keeping it together, keeping your marriage together, kids, Melissa Chapman, parenting

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