Silk or Fresh? The Decision is Yours

As you start to plan your wedding, flowers become an important part of the preparations. One decision that you have to make is whether you want to use fresh or silk wedding flowers. Often a bride will decide to use both. A fresh bridal bouquet can sometimes be accented with realistic silk wedding flowers, especially when the bride wants a particular type of flower in her wedding bouquet that simply won’t hold up throughout the day. That’s when a silk substitute can blend in perfectly... Read more »

The Perfect Dream Realized

Since you were a little girl you have dreamt of your wedding day. You would be dressed up like a princess and your handsome prince would be waiting for you at the altar. The whole church would be decorated with flowers and you would be carrying the most beautiful cascading bridal bouquet that anyone had every seen, full of roses and orchids and lilies. Everything would be perfect. Well, your prince popped the question and you gave him an unhesitant ‘yes’. Now you can finally plan for... Read more »

How Talking And Sharing Responsibilities Makes For A Happier Marriage

Financial concerns or difficulties can cause a great deal of stress in a marriage so it is important to do your best to ensure that you do not allow your financial situation to destroy your marriage. When financial concerns come up it is important to discuss the problems so that both partners are aware of what is going on and to work on establishing a budget together. Working together on this issue will make sure that neither partner feels left out of the decision making process and neither partner... Read more »

Understanding Why Marriages Fail Can Save Yours

Today about half of all marriages end in divorce with many of those not even making it to the first anniversary. We can discover the reasons these marriages failed and use that information to safeguard our own marriages. Some of the biggest issues that cause failed marriages are poor communication, arguments over financial issues, and even how and why the marriage took place to begin with. In every relationship the ability to communicate is essential and marriage is no different. If the partners... Read more »

Some Ideas On How To Have A Happy Marriage

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Is He Trying To Control You?

“My husband is always telling me what to do. How can I keep living with a person who tries to control everyone?” Gail was so frustrated she was almost in tears. How often do you fume about someone’s attempts to control you? In some relationships it happens way too often for comfort-especially in “co-dependent relationships” where both partners are in agreement that one partner’s needs are more important than the needs of the other. If someone else seems to... Read more »

A Model Husband: Why Does She Want a New Model?

You may believe that never arguing with each other will make your relationship strong. What usually happens though, is because you’re both human you have different needs and wants. If you never even notice, let alone discuss (argue about?) your different needs and wants you may not even realize the damage you’re doing to your relationship. That’s the problem that brought Jeff to my office. Jeff was stunned when Eileen announced that she wanted a divorce. For nine years he had... Read more »

An Argument About Money May Really Be About Something Else

Five years into his second marriage, Jim was so frustrated with the haphazard way Cathy seemed to handle her finances that he was seriously considering divorce. Cathy wouldn’t consider joint counseling, so he hired me to help him sort through the issues and make a decision. Jim & Cathy were both well-paid professionals, and had a clear agreement to share expenses. Jim believed that Cathy wasn’t really keeping the agreement. He gathered evidence to prove his point. * Cathy kept forgetting... Read more »

When Getting Married Threatens a Great Relationship

Often, getting married leads couples who have been living together happily for years into so much unhappiness that they choose to end their relationships. The act of getting married is essentially turning on an automatic program that says what you and your spouse must do when you get married. This program isn’t rational - it’s built upon thousands of impressions recorded long before your mind was developed enough to think rationally. It’s a program you internalized by watching... Read more »

Problems Created By Mixed Faith Marriages

Those contemplating a mixed-religion marriage should consider the problems relating to the ideals of marriage before they take their vows. There is a big difference, for instance, between a Catholic and a non-Catholic’s viewpoint of marriage. A Catholic recognizes marriage as a sacrament as well as a contract. This is not always the case with the non-Catholic, who more often than not permits divorce and remarriage. In mixed Catholic-Protestant marriages the rate of divorce and separation is... Read more »