Anniversaries come year after year, and it’s so easy for them to sneak up on us.  Try something different next time that will make your upcoming anniversary special and memorable.  Don’t resort to the easy “dinner and a movie” fallback.  For instance, recreate the memory of your first date … ...

The best remedy for marriage conflict is marriage communication. Disagreements, fights, impasses, separations and divorce can be traced back to poor communication more than any other factor. Likewise, listening amounts to some of the best relationship medicine around. Listening works best when we ask good questions. Good questions indicate … ...

Being romantic doesn’t always have to take a lot of brain or purchasing power.  Romance defined by most women is simply that their favorite man does something thoughtful for them.  Here are 5 easy ideas: 1.  Slip a little love note into her wallet. 2.  Put a $5 Starbucks … ...

Men and women are different.  Really different.  This was classically represented with the way tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Steffi Graf answered the very same question.  But different does not mean bad.  In fact, the diverse ways men and women look at things are beautiful if handled well.  Here … ...

Men and women are different.  Really different.  This was classically represented with the way tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Steffi Graf (tongue-in-cheek) answered the very same question.  But different does not mean bad.  In fact, the diverse ways men and women look at things are beautiful if handled well.  … ...

Here is my list of the Top Ten Miranda Pregnancy Quotes of the 1st Trimester. 10. “I don’t want to fall asleep on the couch again. I’ll just wake up and be depressed.” 9. “One thing about being pregnant is you get to know every bathroom.” 8. “Oh…I’m probably going to go ...

So…I just experienced what I’m going to call “FIRST FATHER FREAKOUT”.  Do you remember the movie SPEED with Keanu Reeves?  The part where Dennis Hopper, the bad guy, tells Keanu that his partner is dead…and then Keanu proceeds to go f***ing nuts on the bus? That’s me, except in my ...

In the book His Needs, Her Needs: Building An Affair-Proof Marriage, author Willard Harley relays the following about how affairs start: “An affair usually begins as a friendship.  Frequently your spouse knows your lover; not uncommonly, the third party is the husband or wife of a couple you both … ...

When your kids grow up, if they get married to someone for trivial reasons, they’ll probably get divorced for trivial reasons.  So what criteria should your children use in choosing a future spouse?  Take a look at this Before You Say I Do list, and talk it over with … ...

Want to really be attractive to your wife?  Then do the dishes or vacuum the floor.  Many women find this irresistible. Why?  According to his book Men are Clams, Women are Crowbars, Dr. David Clarke says: “Women see chores as a way to achieve closeness.  Now, she needs the … ...