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3 things I know for sure about love and commitment

February 14, 2021 by Melissa Chapman Leave a Comment

3 things I know for sure about love and commitment

When it comes to the 3 things I know for sure about love and commitment what I know for sure is that real love is nothing like the love stories we're spoon fed as little girls prancing around in plastic pink high heels and crinoline princess dresses. Real love is not about vases of flowers, real love is not about a man bending down on his knee and handing you a diamond. (Not that there's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Husbands & Wives, Marriage, Marriage and Relationships, MMSG Tagged With: Couples, happiness with the opposite sex, Husbands and Wives, keeping it together, marriage, Marriage reinvention, Melissa Chapman, parenting, the fairytale syndrome

5 tips to keep spending from ruining your marriage

January 13, 2021 by Melissa Chapman 18 Comments

5 tips to keep spending from ruining your marriage

5 tips to keep spending from ruining your marriage is a sponsored post  My mother had married my dad at the age of 18, and I guess never felt completely at ease with the fact that neither one of them got their college degrees. SO she made it her mission to assure that each and every one of her kids would "marry" better. Looking back now I realize  how flawed and misguided her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Husbands & Wives, Marriage, Marriage, Marriage and Relationships, MMSG Tagged With: couples and relationships, Husbands and Wives, love tips, managing finances in a marriage, Melissa Chapman, money and marriage, Money problems in a marriage, relationships, spender and savers in a relationship

How Should I React When my Husband gets me a Present I Hate?

December 26, 2020 by Melissa Chapman 1 Comment

If you've been in the marriage hood as long as I have, the question "How Should I React When my Husband gets me a Present I Hate?" will probably make you chuckle. Like me, you're probably thinking, " If my husband actually GOT ME A PRESENT I'd be thrilled." It's true my husband and I don't often exchange gifts at this point- we are more apt to write each love letters and personally, for me, that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Husbands & Wives, Love & Sex, Marriage, Marriage, Marriage and Relationships, Relationships Tagged With: Anniversary presents, How Should I React When my Husband gets me a Present I Hate, Husbands and Wives, relationship tips

Tips to keep your Marriage’s Romantic Embers Burning (which doesn’t include going gaga over an infommercial product that can grind down your respective callouses)

December 22, 2020 by Melissa Chapman 8 Comments

Tips to keep your Marriage's Romantic Embers Burning

After 22 years of marriage, my husband and I have fallen into a major relationship rut. As Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw would say, "We've become Mr. and Mrs. Married." More than ever we need Tips to keep your Marriage's Romantic Embers Burning. That undeniable magnetism that drew us together, has not necessarily disappeared but after two kids, a mortgage and insurance payments its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Marriage, Marriage, Marriage and Relationships Tagged With: Carrie Bradshaw, Date night when you're married, Husbands and Wives, marriage, Melissa Chapman, relationships, Romance, Sex and the City, sugar daddy, Taking a break from your kids, vacation from your kids

5 Qualities That Make a Man Rockstar Husband Material

September 6, 2020 by Melissa Chapman Leave a Comment

Qualities That Make a Man Rockstar Husband Material

Qualities That Make a Man Rockstar Husband Material When I met my husband in July of 1997, we had one of those intense whirlwind dates one might think would only take place in the pages of a novel. We were smitten with one another at our very first meeting; a blind date that began with rollerblading at 2pm and ended at an Italian restaurant at 12 midnight. On that first date I can … [Read more...]

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