My beautiful wife, Christi, is Canadian. If you know anything about Canadian weddings you understand the reception north of the border tends to be more elaborate than its American counterpart, often full of skits, family speeches, dancing and games that keep everybody laughing and crying—often at the same time. In the months prior to our…
A: If you are committed to marriage and the other person has lost interest in you, then thats a serious problem because you certainly don’t want to marry someone who has lost interest in you. Now sometimes what happens is the other person comes down off of the emotional high of the in love experience before you…
It’s important to ask the tough questions at all stages of a relationship and most importantly before you get engaged. Think of each question like a mini-DTR that helps define where your relationship is headed. What happens if your significant other doesn’t share your same: spiritual beliefs? Physical boundaries? Financial goals? You don’t know until…
I thought my heart was going to beat out of my chest when, at my engagement party, I overheard my soon to be mother-in-law giving my uncle/wedding officiant/pre-marital counselor the third degree. How I managed to calmly articulate our confidence in my uncle’s ability to counsel and marry us is beyond me. The next morning,…
I’m often asked what’s been the hardest time in my marriage. Without hesitation, I name the first year of our marriage. We struggled with making it through every day without hurting each other. We eventually got into our groove around month 8 or 9, which at the time felt like year 80 or 90. Now,…
