These are not the foundational principles of marriage. These tips are one-sentence nuggets of practical advice. They are easy to understand, sometimes difficult to implement, but absolutely transformative. 1. No sarcasm. “Yeah, right!” No, really. Sarcasm is a nasty attitude dressed up in decent words. After we take the first step of sarcasm, it…
If you haven’t yet read Gary Chapman’s book The 5 Love Languages, I highly recommend it. It can do wonders in your relationship with your spouse by helping you understand what they need from you and what you need from them. If you communicate love one way, but your significant other receives and feels loved…
Q: My husband and I both are blessed in having the same love languages—quality time and physical touch top the list for both of us. He is scheduled to deploy next May. What are some things we can do to help keep our love tanks full while he is deployed? A: Well, the good news is that…
Q: How can a couple find ways to work around legitimate differences that sometimes are, by nature, hurtful to the other person? For instance, one spouse’s love language is quality time, but the other one has a highly social job and when at home needs most of his or her time alone in a quiet part…
Living for you is harder. It would be easy for him to die for you because he loves you. Living for you, which is what you actually want, is harder for him. It is even harder for him if you are smart and do not need him to rescue you, since rescuing is something he…
