Here’s another article from Mortel Fertel (Marriage Fitness).  I read this to Rich this morning and said I thought Mort has a unique perspective on communication skills.  Rich said, “Oh, I already know how to communicate when I feel you don’t hear me… I RAISE MY VOICE AND I YELL!  CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW???!!!”  LOL.  So that’s Rich’s perspective, from a true joker at heart, can you tell?  All kidding aside though, Mort does have a unique perspective, and that is, it’s all about connecting with each other… that is where good communication truly needs to start.  

Read more »

Tweet This Post 

If you’d ask your partner (girlfriend, fiancé, spouse) a thousand questions, good questions that were well thought out, don’t you think that you’d get to know them pretty well. Maybe you’d even get to know them well enough that you could make a better decision on whether or not you’re compatible enough to marry that person. Or, maybe you could learn enough about your spouse in order to make your marriage better and enjoy a deeper sense of love and fulfillment. And, you might just being able to avoid attending couples counseling.

Read more »

Tweet This Post 

Why do women cheat on their husbands? They cheat for some of the same reasons as men. Women and men both get bored with their predictable, dull relationships. However, unlike men, who stray more for sexual reasons, the majority of women cheat because of the lack of emotional fulfillment. Here are some of the top reasons why women cheat:

Read more »

Tweet This Post 

This is an article from Mort Fertel of Marriage Fitness. Rich and I highly recommend Mort’s marriage products. We have learned more from his newsletters alone than we have from reading entire books, and of the dozens of relationship and marriage newsletters we have read and subscribed to, we consider his to be some of the most helpful!   His marriage advice is from the heart, to the point, down to earth, practical, and simply put, it works.   

Read more »

Tweet This Post 

OK…don’t worry. I’m not going to try and justify why men cheat on their wives. I can hear you now: “There is no justification for why men cheat.” That’s not the subject of the article. However, we are going to look at several possible explanations as to why men cheat.

Read more »

Tweet This Post 

All couples go through stages of love. They start out hot and heavy, and then at some point down the road they get to the point of disappointed love. That’s when couples have to make a decision about whether or not to stay committed, working through to the point of enjoying committed love. This is the subject of “Rekindling the Romance: Loving the Love of Your Life” by Dennis and Barbara Rainey.

Read more »

Tweet This Post 

Welcome back to the rest of Relationship Problems: Rekindling the Romance. Here are five more practical ways to help you get that blazing fire of romance.

Read more »

Tweet This Post 

One of the most common relationship problems couples complain of is the lack of romance in their relationship. Laura and I have faced this problem too. Like many things in life we take for granted, love and romance is one of them. We get so busy with our lives that we hardly notice. What we found is that you don’t always know it’s a problem until the romance and passion is gone.

Read more »

Tweet This Post