With the increasing use of the internet comes the risk of online infidelity which can lead to marital problems and can even cause a marriage to break down. These have become known as emotional affairs. Sadly, many people in a relationship have become addicted to online chat rooms where they can indulge in sexually explicit chat in real-time with total strangers. (more…)

When you’re facing a marriage crisis and you’re fighting to keep your relationship afloat, it’s time to throw anything that isn’t helping you overboard. You need all your wits about you to be able to handle the crisis and tackle the problems. Anything that’s an impediment or hindrance has to go. (more…)

By Nancy Wasson

Quick, what is the most common attitude a spouse can have that leads a marriage down the path to breakup? If you said taking the partner for granted, you’d be right. Is this an issue in your marriage? (more…)

Did you know that a trained observer could watch you and your spouse interact for several minutes and then predict with high accuracy whether your marriage will survive or not? Does that sound unbelievable?

In his bestselling book Blink, author Malcolm Gladwell writes about psychologist John Gottman’s research on what attitudes increase the chances that a marriage will end in divorce. (more…)

by Anthony Bradley

An affair is one of the worst things that can happen to a marriage and is often so unexpected that the shock of discovering the affair leaves the previously unsuspecting partner reeling. Putting the marriage back together after an affair is no easy task and it will take time to get over the damaged emotions and betrayal of trust.

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Have you ever wondered whether your spouse has ever cheated on you online? It’s completely normal to be curious and actually very important to be sure.

This can be a very serious matter that requires plenty of thought. Approach this with care for risk of tipping them off that you suspect something.
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Divorce is a tough thing for anyone to go through – it can be very hard on a person emotionally and physically. This is just as true for children. They will also need proper help during this difficult time.

Eventually you and your spouse will have to sit down together and make arrangements that will be suitable for you and your children. This will be much easier and less painful than having to go to court and have them decide this for you. (more…)

No doubt many experts and marriage counselors will differ in opinion on what makes a good marriage, but true friendship must be one of them. If there is true friendship between husband and wife, the marriage avoids landing on the rocks. Instead, it becomes a rock-hard marriage where no individual or circumstance can put it asunder. (more…)

Is there any help for a woman whose marriage is suffering from lack of intimacy in the bedroom? Stated a little differently, a woman in a sexless marriage.Keep reading for the answer…

A sexless marriage is one of the most difficult marital problems to overcome. A sexless marriage doesn’t usually happen overnight, but creeps up slowly on you until one day you realize the painful truth.
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There’s no way to absolutely guarantee that your marriage won’t be blindsided by an affair on your part or your spouse’s, but there are definite steps you can take to greatly reduce the probability of that happening.

It’s important to know what you can do to strengthen your marital connection and keep your marriage vibrant and healthy. A rewarding, satisfying marriage that meets the needs of both partners is your best protection against the destructive intrusion of an affair. (more…)

Do you ever worry about your spouse becoming involved in an affair? Have you wondered what makes a spouse easy prey for someone else who’s looking for an excuse to stray?

If so, then you have plenty of company. Given all the news stories and movies about cheating spouses, you’d have to be an ostrich with your head buried in the sand not to at least occasionally consider the possibility. (more…)

Are you the partner of a control freak?

Is he or she a controlling personality who likes to get their own way and ignores your own personal feelings?

Maybe you are not too sure about it and need a little help to decide. So here’s few questions you need to ask yourself to help you find out if you are in the powerful grip of a control freak… (more…)

Have you ever felt like spying on your spouse’s computer because you suspect they are involved in online cheating with someone in the internet chat rooms? It might not be morally right to do so, but some people have only found out about their partner’s online cheating when it is too late.
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Recognizing you have a marriage problem is the first step along the road to transforming your marriage, and for most couples simply acknowledging there is a problem shatters the marriage myth. According to love stories, movies, and fairytales we are supposed to live ‘happily ever after’. But what happens when Snow White develops a drinking problem? What happens when Robin Hood’s long working hours start affecting his marriage to Maid Marian? What happens when Cinderella says she has ‘fallen out of love’? (more…)

Good marriages are not made in heaven. They are very much made on earth, and between couples who have respect for each other. Without respect, no marriage can survive. If the man has ego, the woman has vanity. The two can’t meet unless each learns to accommodate the other. (more…)