Marriage

Building one that lasts. Communication, money, faith, conflict and keeping the friendship alive for fifty years.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Romance in the Middle Years Is Built at 9 P.M. on a Tuesday

Anniversary trips don't save a marriage. The forty minutes after the dishwasher starts does. Small habits, done badly, done anyway.

Get The Phones Out Of Your Bedroom And Off Your Table

A cheap alarm clock, a charger in the kitchen, and a rule you both agreed to. That's most of it. The hard part is the first two weeks.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How to Know You Need a Marriage Counselor and How to Find One

Most couples wait years too long, then pick the first name their insurance spits out. Do it the other way around.

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GuideJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

Book Premarital Counseling Before You Book the Venue

Six sessions with a pastor or counselor will tell you more about your marriage than any wedding website ever will. What it covers, what it costs, what goes wrong.

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Anniversary Traditions Worth Keeping Every Single Year

Dinner and a card isn't a tradition. Build rituals that stack up, survive the bad years, and still mean something at twenty.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

What Couples Married Fifty Years Do That The Rest Of Us Skip

Fifty years is about 18,260 days. Nobody gets there on chemistry. Here are the small habits that carry the ones who are still friends.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to Apologize to Your Wife and Mean It

Most husbands don't fail at apologizing because they're cold. They fail because they argue their case and call it repentance.

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GuideNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

How to Apologize to Your Husband and Actually Mean It

A real apology takes about ninety seconds, costs a lot of pride, and has no "but" in it anywhere.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How Trust Actually Gets Rebuilt After You Break It

Forgiveness can happen in an afternoon. Trust takes a year of small kept promises, and there's no way to speed it up.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Protecting the Team After the Kids Arrive

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Set Holiday Boundaries With the In-Laws Without a Family Feud

Decide the schedule in October, announce it once, and leave when you said you would. Most holiday blowups are calendar problems wearing a costume.

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GuideRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Joint Accounts or Separate, and How to Not Resent It

The account structure isn't what's wrecking your marriage's finances. Secrecy is. A practical setup for couples who want to stop fighting about receipts.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Ten Conversations to Have in Your First Year of Marriage

The first real fight is almost never about the thing you're fighting about. Handle these ten while you're still in a good mood.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Forty Date Nights Under Twenty Dollars

Money was never the reason your date night died. Protect the slot, spend the twenty bucks, and use this list when neither of you can think of anything.

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