The Marriage Gap
When it comes to goals, I’m the thinker. I’m goal-oriented. I like to set goals and makes plans. Joseph is different. A lot of his goals are in his head. He’s not as good at articulated what he […]
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The Five-Year Marriage is a ground-breaking new concept for marriage. Every five year the couple spiritually ends one marriage and begins a new one – with new agreements and goals
Is a Five Year Marriage® a sin?
The Five Year Marriage® could be a sin, or at least be against the teachings of the Catholic Church. That’s according to “Rita” who teaches Catholic Pre-Cana Marriage Prep classes. Rita read an advance copy of the book, […]
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Sage Relationship Advice: Sharing the Same Goals
I get a kick out of reading advice columns and, recently, it was a Carolyn Hax column. The title grabbed me: “Reexamine goals with ‘aimless’ husband.” It is about a problem that is pretty common in marriage – […]
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Worried About Being an “Old Maid”?
Last spring I read an interesting article by Cooking Light’s Amanda Polick about being older and not married. It’s what old timers would have called an “old maid.” Advice for Single Women I thought about it today. A […]
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Marriage and Money: Are You on the Right Track?
Marital Finances are one of the most important parts of a marriage partnership. Marriage and money go hand in hand. If a couple works together and plays their cards right, marriage can often be a financial boon. The […]
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Will Gettysburg Fix My Writer’s Block?
Writer’s Block – the curse of anyone who writes anything anytime. And I got it. I really thought that, since I wrote the first draft of Five-Year Marriage™ a long time ago, this would be easy. Well, writing […]
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No Sound, No Fury, No Marriage
As I was reading author Laura Pritchett ‘s May 2016 article for the New York Times, I wondered: What would have happened if she has a Five-Year Marriage®? In No Sound, No Fury, No Marriage, Ms. Pritchett described […]
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A Marriage Phrase that Pays?
Is there such a thing as a marriage phrase that pays? Pays what? Pays in fostering more love, good feelings, a sense of partnership? While we all like hearing “I Love You” in marriage, it might not be […]
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In Maine, Restarting the Book
Today I’m sitting in the living room of Windward Cottage#5 in Town Hill. I know this is vacation, but a lot happened recently about The Five-Year Marriage™ book, so I took the original manuscript (which I copyrighted in […]
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Longest Married Couple
This is a cute story about the longest married couple in the United States. After eighty-three years, the bride still laughs when she reveals that her father didn’t want the marriage so they eloped…so sweet… (Photo: The Betar […]
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