Marriage

There’s this great movie called Failure to Launch about a guy named Tripp who's in his thirties and still living with his parents. The story line follows Tripp as he meets a woman, falls in love [...]

I’m a marriage counselor, and it’s rare to meet couples that agree on one of the most common questions I get asked by married people: How often should we be having sex? I don’t know if it’s God’s [...]

In my marriage, date nights are a must. After a dozen years of marriage, there’s still nothing quite like a night out with my husband that makes me reconnect, recenter, and remember that what [...]

Do you ever look around and think, “Geez that couple is so great." And then, rather than feel warm and fuzzy. you feel...

I've always known that my wife is a rock star spouse and mom. What I didn't realize is how taking on one chore of hers for a week would cause me to better understand her. I've seen the same [...]

There’s a saying, “If we both agreed on everything, one of us wouldn’t be necessary.”

My husband and I are coming up on our three-year anniversary this week, which in my book makes us officially out of the honeymoon phase of marriage. (Couples who have kids might find that [...]

This marriage trick is so simple that I’m almost embarrassed to share it...

How I plan to win as a husband and dad on Valentine’s Day “Time, is on my side, yes it is.” If only I could believe the Rolling Stones when they sang this. Unfortunately, lately I’ve found that [...]

I love chocolate as much as the next person, but this Valentine's Day I don't need it. I don't need roses. I don't need a card. I don't need these things because I already know my husband loves [...]

Imagine you're about to have amnesia in the next five minutes. FUH-GET 'BOUT IT! No, really. Give it a shot. It'll make sense in a moment. Pretend that for some strange reason every memory of [...]

I've been to plenty of wedding receptions in my life. I'm guessing you have, too. How many cheese cubes and veggie plates in total do you think you've eaten over the years while waiting for the [...]