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Archive for Relationship – Page 2

Forgiveness

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, September 5th, 2013

Forgiveness, it has been said, is the key to happiness. As happiness is such an elusive commodity for so many of us, it seems like exploring a key to it might be a worthwhile endeavor.

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : forgiveness, forgiving your husband, forgiving your spouse, forgiving your wife, forgiving yourself, how to forgive, learning forgiveness, practicing forgiveness

So I Married Someone Who Snores

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, August 15th, 2013

No jury in the world would ever convict me is a recurrent thought while being kept awake at night by your spouse who snores. It seems particularly bitter when you consider that it is their sleeping that is keeping you awake. Homicidal fantasies abound.… Read More

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Categories : Relationship
Tags : coping with a snoring spouse, dealing with a snoring spouse, keep my husband from snoring, keep my wife from snoring, silence a snorer, snoring, snoring husband, snoring spouse, snoring wife

Liar, Liar

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Friday, July 19th, 2013

          Does this dress make my ass look fat? is a question that sends chills down the spines of husbands everywhere. On the surface it appears to be a rather straightforward question requiring a simple yes or no answer. But just beneath the surface there is a potential crisis in the making, one that tempts the savvy spouse to resort to … Read More

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Categories : Community Building, Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : how harmful are white lies, keeping secrets in a relationship, little white lie, white lies, white lies in relationship

A Few Thoughts about Sex in Marriage

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Monday, July 15th, 2013

Sex often serves as the canary in the coal mine for a marriage, an indicator of its overall health and vitality, particularly where warmth, respect and closeness are concerned.… Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : dealing with sex problems in marriage, no sex in marriage, sex, sex in marriage, trouble with sex in marriage, understanding sex in marriage

So I Married A Workaholic

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, June 27th, 2013

The notion of workaholism or of being a workaholic has no true technical foundation in the study of psychology. These terms usually carry negative connotations in that they are perceived as bringing suffering to one’s family and/or personal life. The terms are a play on the word alcoholic and did not enter the vernacular until the 1990s.… Read More

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Categories : Relationship
Tags : coping with a workaholic, dealing with a workaholic, husband workaholic, wife workaholic, workaholic spouse, workaholism

Two Stage Love

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, June 13th, 2013

          I have come to the conclusion recently that love is at least a two-stage process. Let me see if I can explain exactly what I mean.

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Categories : Relationship
Tags : feeling loved, getting love, giving love, love, receiving love, showing love

Can Just One Person Work on Their Marriage?

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, May 9th, 2013

         Can one person alone work on improving a marriage? The short answer is yes, but it will mean taking a leap of faith that will call for a fairly radical alteration in your thinking patterns.

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : help marriage, improve marriage, make marriage better by myself, save marriage, strength marriage, uncooperative spouse, work on marriage, working on your marriage alone

So I Married Someone with a Mean Streak

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Thursday, April 25th, 2013

People with mean streaks are usually not much fun to be around. While fully capable of being nasty and hurtful, mean people very often add to the damage by feeling justified in their behavior. You knew what I was like when you married me is about as close an explanation as you are ever likely to get from someone with … Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : mean husband, mean lover, mean partner, mean spouse, mean wife

So I Married a Pessimist

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Pessimism is generally considered to be an undesirable trait, even though at times having a pessimistic outlook can be prudent. When you are planning important financial decisions, for example, it is sensible to gravitate toward the more conservative end of a given range of numbers. It makes more sense to be pleasantly surprised when things work out better than you … Read More

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Categories : Relationship
Tags : conflict resolution, dealing with pessimistic spouse, pessimism, problem solving in marriage

How to Fool Your Wife

By William R Colagrande MS · Comments (0) · Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

Oh, so you want to fool your wife, do you? Well, I have some good news and some bad news on that subject.  First, the bad news: you cannot fool your wife. No matter how hard you try. No matter how persuasive, how willful, how determined you are, it ain’t gonna happen. As for the good news: you can inspire … Read More

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Categories : Personal Growth, Relationship
Tags : contentment, forgiveness, grudge, letting-go, proactive, resentment
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