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Honor Your Wife

It is important that you take time to honor your wife on Mother’s Day. Whether or not you have any children, your wife is a very special woman in your life. If you do have children, it is important that you remind them to honor your wife as well. Honoring your wife on Mother’s Day does not necessarily mean that you need to spend money on gifts or flowers (though these things are nice). Honoring your wife really has more to do with the way that you treat her on a daily basis. The words that you use when you … Continue reading →

Courting Your Spouse

Do you remember the when you were dating your spouse and that happy tingly feeling that you had? Do you remember all the nice things that you used to do for each other when you were first married? It is important to continue to have that feeling of courtship. A strong marriage helps to hold the family together. It is also important that you have a good relationship with your spouse since we believe in eternal marriage. It takes time to maintain a good relationship with your spouse. It is important to realize that you are each responsible for making … Continue reading →

The Tokens and Customs of Love

There is something beautiful about the old style rituals and formalities of paying court and delving into the love and romance of other times. For example, during the Victorian years, a primary requirement for marriage was romantic love and because this was so important – the act of courtship developed into an art form and it was very important for every part of the rituals to be observed. For example, if a man wished the company of a lady, he would present her with his card. As the evening progressed, she would study the cards of the men who presented … Continue reading →

Will This Couple Stay Together?

When we go to a wedding or hear about an engagement, we all wonder will they make it? Will that couple stay together? We’ll think about all the things they’ve done together and all the things they’ve shared and we think about it. We can’t help it, especially those of us who have grown up seeing our parents, parents of our friends divorcing. I, myself, grew up raised by a single mother and my grandmother. My grandfather died before I was born and I never knew my father. A study was discussed recently in Psychology Today that found many a … Continue reading →

Miss Julia Meets Her Match — Ann B. Ross

Miss Julia has not had a lot of luck in the marriage department. Married to years to Wesley Lloyd, she discovered upon his passing that he had been carrying on for years behind her back with a bleach blonde named Hazel Marie and they together had a son, Little Lloyd, who is the spitting image of his father. Sam Murdoch is as different from Wesley Lloyd as a man can be. He treats Miss Julia with respect, listens to what she has to say, and, he has lately revealed, he’s smitten with her and wants to marry her. But after … Continue reading →

Marriage: It’s Not Called Dating for a Reason

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As we’ve discussed previously, living together is not like being married — in fact – many couples who have cohabitated and then married agree that there is a different emotion, feeling and expectation associated with marriage that is not present in cohabitation. Similarly, while I have also talked about the need for married couples to enjoy couple time and date nights, marriage is not dating. When We Date Dating in the United States is a mixture of courtship, friendship and romance. Many individuals may date without ever expecting the relationship to go anywhere. A date happens because one individual or … Continue reading →

Marital Courtship

Over the next several weeks, John and Jane visited the counselor regularly, once per week. The problem they confronted and recovered from during each session worked in fit and starts. They could finish each other’s sentences; they could anticipate each other’s reactions and in most cases, recite very clearly similar events in their past but there were issues between them that they hesitated to give voice to. Issues about finances. Issues about time management Issues about motivation Issues about loyalty Issues about happiness. However, it wasn’t until the counselor looked at them both and said “I want to ask you … Continue reading →

Muslim Dating — Or Not!

Muslims do not (or at least, should not) date. Most people are a bit surprised when I tell them that. Then they inevitably jump to the conclusion that Muslims have arranged marriages. They picture two complete strangers meeting for the first time on their wedding day. While there are some Muslims who do have arranged marriages, that is not at all the norm. [h]Half of the Religion[/h] Muslims place a great deal of importance on marriage. In fact, marriage is considered half of the religion, meaning that all Muslims who are able to marry should get married. Once a Muslim … Continue reading →