In Marriage, big boxes can be trouble

This week we feature an exerpt from this very funny story by Cindy Chupack in the NY Times. Humour is an indespensible asset in a marriage. In any marriage, even the best marriage, there will [...]

The big family planning issue for most couples used to be how to avoid unexpected pregnancies. As more couples marry later in life, increasingly this is shifting to get the pregnancy they desire. [...]

No matter how easy it may seem to fall in love, staying in love requires attention and effort. We all start out in marriage bright in hope and full of brimming love. Yet rarely do those [...]

Let’s face it – marriage can be a tough gig these days. Living in a culture that almost expects marriage to fail, couples wonder what they can do to immunise their relationship against the [...]

Shaunti Feldhahn is an author and social researcher who specialises in marital relationships. In this article she responds to a question from a female reader about how often men need sex: “Even [...]

We all seek happiness and are drawn to the things we believe will make us happy. But sometimes, the things we desire fail to deliver. Whether it’s a lotto payout, the dream job, the [...]

Marriage Enemy #1: Lethargy We asked a marriage counselor friend of ours about why a marriage fails. We were expecting a long complex answer so we already had a bottle of wine open. Yet her [...]

The Marriage Myth Too many times have we heard the complaint – “I’m just not happy in this marriage anymore”. For couples today, personal happiness has become the measure of whether a marriage is [...]

What is happiness anyway? Speaking of what makes a wife or husband happy (Quest for Happiness Series) perhaps we should look at what happiness is and more importantly, whether it really is the [...]

What do men want? In all the discussions about what makes a wife happy (see Quest for Happiness Series: What Women Really Want & The Equality Myth), it strikes us that the happiness of [...]