Welcome to the weekend and here is hoping it’s a restful one for you and your family. For many of us, it’s a three-day weekend and those always hold a bit of special appeal. So while your weekend is just getting started, let’s close the books on the last week and the articles we’ve been packing in to bring you the best information we can. We’ve tackled issues from wedding planning to sympathy pains to answering questions about sex and much, much more. So here it is, the Marriage Blog week in review:
Saturday, January 6
Sympathy Pains: Fact or Fiction? is there some truth to the myth of the man who experiences his wife’s pregnancy problems and boons? Do You Want an Advice Column Here? asks our readers if they’d be interested in sending in their relationship questions to us here at the marriage blog.
Sunday, January 7
How Women Pick Their Mates explores some of the biological imperatives that may increase the desirability of some men over others.
Monday, January 8
In New Wives Tales: Your Weight & Your Sex Life explores the idea that being overweight can reduce a woman’s sex drive, especially if she believes herself to be unattractive. Underlying Causes for Avoiding Sex answers the question about why sometimes we can’t keep our hands off our spouses and other times we avoid sex and more. Marriage & Asexuality: What Does It Mean? explores a little discussed topic with regard to individuals who are asexual by nature and are not interested in sexual relations and the challenges they face in their romantic endeavors.
Tuesday, January 9
Marriage in the News: A Whole New Kind of Marriage Debate discussed the recent headlines with regard to the lawsuit brought by one California man to create equality in the laws governing name changes after marriage. In Why Do Some Couples Choose Not to Have Children? Sherry explored how for some people, becoming a couple is all the family they need. Getting Back on Track invites you and your spouse to set goals for the future such as a vacation in the summer to give yourselves something to work towards.
Wednesday, January 10
No same-sex marriage means no same-sex divorce? That’s what one New York judge ruled in the case we discussed in Marriage in the News: The Good & The Bad and in Would You Date a Proven Liar? Sherry takes a great look at a provocative question. In Learning to Love – In All The Right Ways we offer you some ways to love and how we are always learning to love.
Thursday, January 11
What About a Father’s Right to Choose? They don’t have these rights and Sherry explores more, trying to answer why and what. A Little Light Humor for the Ladies and A Little Light Humor for the Gentlemen takes a tongue in cheek look at the men and women and the different types we might encounter in our search to find the right person for the right relationship.
Friday, January 12
Wedding Traditions – Japan and Wedding Traditions – France explore the different traditions these cultures offer for marriage and ceremony and much, much more. In Want a Creative Way to Propose? we have a few suggestions that you might enjoy!
What was your favorite article this week?
For more great marriage and relationship articles, check out our previous weeks in review.