Articles – Five Year Marriage®
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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A Different Christmas
I had a different Christmas this year. After years of hosting Christmas dinners for my mom, the parents of a friend, and Joseph’s siblings, things changed. My mom passed, my friend’s parents (with whom we usually spent Christmas […]
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Could You Be Married FOREVER?
Fifty eight years isn’t forever, but it could seem that way to some people. But not to Arlene Alda, married to actor Alan Alda for 58 years. She shares some tips about getting married and staying married.
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Stop Sabotage Tip#3: Stop Apologizing
The Sabotaging Downside of Apology Can you overdo apologies? YES! Should you stop apologizing? Maybe! Nothing can replace a good and heartfelt “I’m sorry” when you’ve made a mistake, done something wrong or hurt someone’s feelings. It can […]
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Marriage Isn’t for Him
“Marriage isn’t for me,” wrote Seth Adams Smith shortly after his first wedding anniversary. Having been married only a year and a half, I’ve recently come to the conclusion that marriage isn’t for me. Now before you start […]
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Money: One BIG Glitch in Marriage
My partner & I have a non-traditional marriage. Every five years we renegoiate our marriage agreements. We recently went through the renegoation process. Working On Our Marriage Contract Before we got married last month, we worked out the […]
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Just Married! Starting Our Next Five-Year Marriage
We waited until almost the last minute. Though it was early September and we had an intention and the celebrant, we had no place to go. Among the places we called was the world-renowned Longwood Gardens. They were […]
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Just Married! (For the 6th Time)
Wedding #6 almost didn’t happen. For months Joseph and I worked on planning the marriage. By late August, while we were on vacation, everything was in place. We were excited about going forward together – again. But when […]
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Are You a Marriage Partner or Employee?
What do you want to be in your marriage – the partner or the employee? Don’t see how either one relates to your marriage? Relationship Perspective; Employees Vs. Partners Think of a good law firm. There are the […]
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Giving Up on Husband and Wife
“I’ve been marriage twice,” Marnie, a fifty-ish solepreneur, said before admitting, “It was the same both times – great for the first couple years and then they started to get demanding and possessive. I felt strangled.” Yet, when […]
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CDD: Submitting to Men or Spanking for God?
It isn’t the fantasy of Fifty Shades of Gray, classy erotica or SMBD (sadomasochism). It’s called Christian Domestic Discipline (CDD) and it’s all over the news this week. CDD is supposed to be about the Godly submission to […]
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What Do You Want in a Marriage?
During our second marriage, Joseph and I hit a “wall” – not unusual in the 5-7 year time. we couldn’t solve it ourselves and I didn’t want to continue it the way it was. However, because of our […]
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