Tag: marriage
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Avoiding my spouse!

I was approached about 10 years ago by someone who wanted me to deal with her husband. The one-sided conversation went like this: “Can you help my husband out? I’ve got some personal problems going on. He keeps wanting to help me with my problems and I told him to leave me alone. It’s kinda…
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Marriage Series: Fight Club Part 4…Dessert is mandatory!

We began a series two weeks ago about fighting in marriage. If you missed the last three weeks, check out Fight Club Part 1: The first rule of Fight Club, Fight Club Part 2: Break it down, and Fight Club Part 3: Dig a Pool. As we’ve continued to state: Healthy conflict is healthy for marriage. It’s a certainty…
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Marriage Series: Fight Club Part 3…Dig a pool

We began a series two weeks ago about fighting in marriage. If you missed the last two weeks, check out Fight Club Part 1: The first rule of Fight Club and Fight Club Part 2: Break it down. As we’ve continued to state: Healthy conflict is healthy for marriage. It’s a certainty when two imperfect people get together with their…
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Marriage Series: Fight Club Part 2…Break it down

We began a series last week about fighting in marriage. If you missed last week, check out Fight Club Part 1: The first rule of Fight Club. As stated last week, I believe in marriage and I believe conflict happens in marriage. But my philosophy about fighting in marriage is: Healthy conflict is healthy for marriage. It’s…
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Marriage Blog Series: Date Night Part 3 “Let’s get it on”

We started a new series with our weekly marriage blogs a few weeks ago. If you missed the last two posts, Date Night Part 1 “Elevator Talk” or Date Night Part 2 “In the Air Tonight” click on the links to get caught up. The essence of this series of blogs is to get couples to re-engage in…
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Marriage Blog Series: Date Night Part 2 “In the Air Tonight”

We started a new series with our weekly marriage blogs last week. If you missed last week’s post, Date Night Part 1 “Elevator Talk”, click on the link and get caught up. As stated, “Date nights” were always important to me and Anne before we were married. That was the starting point of our relationship…
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Confessions of a Marriage Blogger Part 6: “We don’t stay married for the kids”

Originally posted on pdave.me: Welcome back to the last installation of our “Confessions of a Marriage Blogger” series. Thanks to all of those who visited our blogs over the past few weeks Part 5, “I had a mistress” and Part 4 “Sex is not what we thought it was” and shared it. It’s become the highest hit…
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Confessions of a Marriage Blogger: Part 3 “This is Not Who I Married!”

We started a series of marriage blogs last week. If you missed the last two parts, check out Confessions of a Marriage Blogger: Part 1 “We irritate each other” and Confessions of a Marriage Blogger: Part 2: “Our kids are for sale.” I haven’t hid my goal of this blog series. The Ken and Barbie facade must be broken.…
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Confessions of a Marriage Blogger: Part 2 “Our kids are for sale.”

We started a series of marriage blogs last week. If you missed last week, check out Confessions of a Marriage Blogger: Part 1 “We irritate each other”. I started off by telling my own feelings about how I felt like marriage blog and book writers lived in a Ken and Barbie world of perfection. I’m…
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Pavlov’s Spouse: A Marriage Blog

I think my wife and I have hilarious conversations. It goes back to our philosophy in marriage: The two essential elements to a good marriage is Jesus and laughter. Both items have helped lead us through tough seasons of marriage and have faithfully brought us through. In a conversation a few years ago, we were…