Marriage is messy and complicated. It's a daily uphill battle of compromise and self-sacrifice, it's not a sprint it's a marathon. ( And I never thought I'd be celebrating my husband's 61st birthday with a Weight Watchers One Point Chocolate Chip Cake - but I digress). When you get married the most important decisions are: what flavor butter cream frosting will I choose to adorn my three-tiered … [Read more...]
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...]
Does your spouse fish through the laundry for clothes to wear? yeah mine too but who cares I have an iLife V8s ROBOT VACUUM
Does your spouse fish through the laundry for clothes to wear? yeah mine too but who cares I have an iLife V8s ROBOT VACUUM is a sponsored post Ask my husband why he gets so angry with me over my "laundry practices" and he'll say, "Because my wife has a cleaning problem." Dig a little deeper and he might expound on the fact that he and I have very different versions of the term clean. Does … [Read more...]
3 tips to stay in your marriage even when you feel like you want to quit
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...]
I DO?
Guest post by Elissa Freeman It was a beautiful evening in October, 1998. As we stood under the chuppah dressed in wedding finery, the rabbi intoned: "Do you, Elissa, take Mitchell, to be your husband?" "I do." "Do you, Mitchell, take Elissa, to be your wife? In sickness and in health, to have and to hold, even when she decides to pursue a career, of which of course you will be very proud … [Read more...]
