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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

Are all marriages plagued by the fairytale syndrome?

August 10, 2015 by Melissa Chapman 5 Comments

I remember being a child, going to the diner with my parents every Sunday morning for brunch and looking at the couples around us, sitting across from each other, not speaking a word to one another, waiting impatiently for their food to be served. Even at 8 years old, I swore to myself -- when I got married, my husband and I would never run out of things to say and never sit across from one … [Read more...]

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