I talk a lot about making your relationship a priority, putting your partner’s happiness ahead of other things that are important to you. Can you and your partner put aside your differences and agree to disagree? A lot of strife in relationships is caused by the inability or unwillingness of one person to give in, [...]
It’s sad when romance dies. Some couples stay together for entire lifetimes after romance is gone. It can be lost in a short time, or slowly, over a period of years. Some couples have a wonderful fairy-tale romance that lasts a lifetime and others end up living lives of friendly and often boring platonic or [...]
Military veterans are 60% more likely to separate or divorce than non-military couples and the percentages are even higher for combat veterans. The reasons cited are PTSD, anger issues, an inability to talk about their experiences, and not surprisingly, a lack of intimacy in their relationships. Military personnel are taught to shut down their emotions [...]
The loss of an elderly parent is a complex sort of grief that can affect you in unexpected ways and also have a huge impact on your relationship with your partner. If you and your partner have been together for a long time, they might have been close to your parent as well and the [...]
