When you get married you take vows to honor, cherish and never have sex with anyone other than your spouse. You enter into this contract with unilateral trust. Most of us believe in the sanctity of marriage and our ability to sustain monogamy with our chosen spouses for 50 fairy tale years (or more!) of wedded bliss. We want to believe that our marriage and the bonds we share with our spouse are … [Read more...]
Four Ways to Maintain Intimacy in your Relationship
Those of us who've passed the 7-year itch portion of our marriages can probably all agree on one fact: Marriage is not a sprint it is a marathon. Don't get me wrong, it's also rife with the kind of intimacy and familiarity that is impossible to comprehend unless you're fully immersed in the thick of it. And sure familiarity can be great for keeping your marriage running like a tight ship (you have … [Read more...]
5 ESSENTIAL Newlywed Survival Tips www.thestatenislandfamily.com
Wedding bells fade and the realization sinks in: You're married. The formal celebration and blissful honeymoon getaway is over. Now the hard work of making a life together in the real world begins. Here's some relationship advice for the first year of marriage. That piece of paper changes things Even if you live with someone and play house long before you walk down the aisle, once you get … [Read more...]
The Pros and the Cons of Taking a Sabbatical From Your Marriage
I think for some relationships the statement, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" might hold some weight. When you and your spouse don't see each other for brief and/or long periods of time- that reintroduction to one another on both an intimate and superficial level can be nothing short of intoxicating, lustful and even reminiscent of those initial encounters when your relationship was in its … [Read more...]
In a Relationship is Silence Golden or Deadly?
I've been married 17 years and with my husband for 20 years. Suffice it to say- yes there are times we have become that couple who I swore we'd NEVER become. We have indeed, sat in a restaurant, at our kitchen table, in the car, in our bed, in our living room and in just about any other situation you can conceive of in pure, unadulterated-and at times- DEAFENING SILENCE. And not just silence for … [Read more...]
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