A blogger from PowerofTwoMarriage.com has noticed that not only does the United States have the highest divorce rate in the world, but it also has one of the most stressed out workforces, and posits that these two statistics are not a coincidence. To begin with, the article explores the work life of American workers, which […]

While talking to friends, family, or a therapist is an important part of dealing with issues, programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Suicide Prevention Hotlines demonstrate another aspect that can be just as helpful when it comes to dealing with issues: talking to a stranger about them. One positive aspect of telling your issues to a

Getting closer can mean a lot of different things depending on which couple you ask. Some may need to learn more about each other while others may need to develop better communications skills, increase their emotional bond, learn to pull their punches, or even just learn to have fun with each other again. Whatever getting

It isn’t uncommon for a couple to feel more like roommates than in a loving partnership after several years. The day-to-day stress and responsibilities of life can cause a couple to feel distant from each other, exacerbated by the fact that some people may not work to recover those loving feelings once they’ve gone. But

In a perfect world, marriage might be nice and easy. In the real world, it is complicated. A married couple must share a living space, join their finances, share their sexuality, make joint decisions, and deal with the stress and baggage of each other’s childhood and first families. This is at a minimum, before children

Blaming a partner for something, whether or not it seems justified, is one of the best ways to screw up a relationship, according to medical doctor and “blame expert” Neil Farber. He has written previously on the negative consequences of playing the blame game on the person pointing the fingers, but this article focuses on

While the concept of how the “grass is always greener on the other other side of the fence” is a standard cliché nowadays, that doesn’t change the fact that people who are suffering from the syndrome are having very real issues with commitment. This is brought about by the feeling that what we have in

With the coming of spring comes thoughts of gardens and growth and a new vigor in analogies between these gardens and relationships. As much help as nature gives a garden by the simple fact of it being spring, the best gardens will still require cultivation and tending; in the same way even the most natural

While spring is a common time for spring cleaning, reinvigorating of yard, and home improvement, a renovation can put a real strain on a marriage. Home improvement can challenge the very foundation of a relationship with the demands it places on communication, maturity, and compromise. Both partners will have different ideas of what renovations they

This article is a pretty straightforward look at a handful of arguments that every couple will stumble across eventually and probably need to work through to ensure happiness. The first is described as the “You Spent How Much On Pork Sausages?!” Fight. This is a fight that occurs, most frequently, through a natural difference between