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Here’s Why Your Spouse’s Behavior Doesn’t Make Sense to You
Why does something that’s absolutely stupid and asinine to you…make perfectly good sense to your husband or wife? That’s the question Keli is asking herself as she shakes her head in wonderment at her husband Thursday night at 9:47pm. Keli and Thomas are sitting at...
4 Reason to STOP Using Divorce as a Problem Solving Tool
For the love of God, would you please stop using divorce as a way to solve marital problems!? For the last few months, I’ve been giving relationship advice on my website. People have been submitting their questions privately, using an alias to protect their true...
Want to Fight? Fight Smart! 6 Ways to Manage Conflict
By Allison Simmons Every marriage has seasons of discord. Whenever you have two different people living under the same roof, somebody is going to be disagreeable about something! While irritations may come, they don’t have to turn into Armageddon. Here are six...
You Tired? You Done? C’mon Son! Take the Lead & Do Your Duty
‘I’m done! I can barely breathe, walk, and see at the same time.’ That’s how I feel when ‘quit’ sets in 45-minutes into my hour-long boot camp-style workout class. Then I say to myself, “If you ain’t tired…then you ain’t working hard enough.” That motivates me to keep...
Why is Your Attitude So RACHETED!? Here…Eat a Sandwich!
Serious question: What do voodoo dolls, straight pins, and loud noises have to do with creating a happy marriage? Before you click away, let me assure you that the answer to this question will likely solve some communication problems you’re having…or will have…in your...
Mature and in Your 30s. But Do You Wish You Married Younger?
In apartment 203, they are having their first dinner party. They’re doing real grown up stuff now! Married less than a year, Tony (28) and Keisha (27) Williams invited some friends over for a Saturday night soiree. The theme is ‘Pink is the New Black’. So fresh...
Letter to Robin Thicke and Paula Patton
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Robin and Paula, This separation is very unfortunate. Robin, you’re coming off the best year of your career. And Paula, you’ve reached major A-list acclaim with your acting career. You are both about to celebrate your much deserved success…alone....
“80% of Couples Who Go To Marriage Counseling Fail”
Which style of marriage counseling is better: traditional or boot camp. The marriage therapists from the hit TV show Marriage Boot Camp weigh-in with an answer that even shocked me. Take a quick look at this :46 clip. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news,...
Men 40+ Are Asking: “How Can I Get Turned On Like I use To?”
The wonderful thing about asking anonymous questions is that men can ask questions about sex that they wouldn't ask publicly. Last week, we launched a campaign to offer free relationship advice. And we've been getting several questions about what's up with the male...
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I Bet I’ll Listen to My Wife Next Time!
She told me once. She told me twice. But I didn’t listen. Because, in the wisdom of my experience, I knew she was miscalculating. However, it was my miscalculation that almost cost us $5,000. See-what-had-happened-was...a few weeks before Christmas, I smelled gas...
“Relationships Take Work!” – What Does That Really Mean?
Have you ever heard someone say, “Relationships take work!” What the heck does that mean? When I was single, that’s all I kept hearing from older couples…and divorcees. I had a job…I worked out at a gym…I knew what work was. But I didn’t know what kind of work I was...
The Gift of A Prayer
By Allison Simmons At the beginning of 2014, my husband gave me a great gift. He asked me to kneel down and pray with him. At first, I was hesitant. His expression was rather pensive and I wasn’t sure of WHERE the prayer was going to lead us. But something told me...
Differences in Male/Female Brains: 3 Reasons for Fledgling Relationships
I was talking to a young woman about her fledgling relationship. “He just be doin’ stupid stuff! None of it makes sense!”, she lamented. She went on to say that she feels she always has to correct him and tell him what to do”. I responded: “…You want him to think like...
Which is Better: To Be Needed or To Be Wanted?
I saw the movie ‘The Best Man Holiday’ last weekend [non-spoiler notification]. In the movie, there was a conversation between Jordan (played by Nia Long) and her new boo Brian (played by Eddie Cibrian) that got my attention. Brian was in his feeling about how Jordan...
FOR MEN: Thanksgiving Thankfulness Project (10 mins.)
Project MEN...here's a project you can do to make this a special Thanksgiving for your mate: Take a blank piece of paper and fold it in half (preferably in Landscape orientation) On the outside, write “Top 3 Reasons Why I’m Thankful for You” On the inside, list the...
VIDEO: EMPATHY…The Power of Outrospection
In a previous article, I wrote about deciding whether to leave or stay in the relationship. The determining factor, I asked, was "How empathetic are his decision making and interactions with you?" Digging deeper, I found out that empathy plays an even more critical...
To Stay or To Leave Him? That Is The Question
Let’s call her Tara. Tara emailed me in response to an article I wrote entitled, How to Rebuild Trust After It’s Been Broken. Her man broke her trust (she didn't go into details). She’s upset because he’s trying to make her hurry up and ‘get over it’. She also...
How to Rebuild Trust After It’s Been Broken
In order for Steven to rebuild her trust, there must have been trust to begin with. But he done messed up! Now he’s trying to figure out how to rebuild trust. Steven was supposed to be at happy hour with some co-workers (plural)….so he told his fiancée, Tracey. But...
Husbands and Leadership: 7 Qualities Wives Are Looking For
By Allison Simmons: During my years of interacting with couples and families, I’ve had the pleasure of holding hundreds of conversations with husbands and wives about challenges that occur in marriage and family life. Whether through casual dialogues or organized...