Marriage & Relationships
Valentine's Day for the Married Set
Married couples with children occasionally start to wonder about all this romance business. For example, a coworker approached my husband and asked, "Where are you and your wife going on your hot date this week?" “Well,” my husband answered, “we haven’t decided yet whether to go to...
It's a Date
Dating. The word itself most likely conjures a collection of equally good and bad memories. Sneaking onto the golf course at night to run through the sprinklers. The time you ran into your parents at the movie theater. Building sandcastles in the park's sand volleyball pit. The awkward doorstep scene.
Examining Your Marriage
You've seen some great wives out there, and (while not comparing, of course) you've wondered what you can do better. These five principles can help you achieve greatness in "wife-ness," increase your understanding of yourself and your husband, and strengthen your marriage. Do Honor Your...
Do It Right
I love my wife Anita's eyes. They really are extraordinary. I mention this only because I’m about to talk about her legs, and I’ve learned through sad experience that it’s best to lead with a positive—especially when I’m about to be negative. Don’t get me wrong—my...
Redefining Romance
Attention husbands: Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. If you’re like me, then you might feel as though your romanticism has been washed down the disposal with last night’s potato peelings. Never fear, however, becoming your wife’s prince is about much more than chocolates and roses.
Are You Online?
So that’s it. I’m twenty-three, just graduated from BYU, and not married. That leaves one thing for me to "accomplish," right? But I’m only twenty-three. I’m not desperate enough to go online yet am I? But still, Dad’s words from our Sunday phone call came screeching back to me: "Well Sweetheart, have a good week, and I’ll be praying for you . . . he’s out there somewhere."
Finally 16!
Dating, especially in the LDS culture, is a unique rite of passage. At my high school in Rexburg, Idaho, a mostly Mormon community, the case was no different. I greatly anticipated the big 1-6 and with it the liberty to finally date. At my high school we had lots of dances and they were all a big...
How to Date Your Wife
Dating was something enjoyed before marriage; and if not before marriage, before kids came along. But dating shouldn't end with marriage or kids or a hectic schedule—it should be a lifelong priority and pastime enjoyed with your spouse. Stan Cronin considers himself neither artistic nor...
Be Each Other's Very Best Friend
One of the key ingredients for a long and happy marriage is a loving friendship with your spouse. The harmony associated with being your spouse’s best friend will be more fulfilling than any other relationship. However, the challenge to become best friends doesn’t always come easily. It must be worked on daily.
Loving Your In-Laws
Loving your in-laws isn’t always easy and there’s a cottage industry of bad mother-in-law jokes to prove it. Your relationship with the in-laws, however, really doesn’t have to be the stuff of nightmares and, in fact, can be one of the most rewarding and loving associations you could ever create.
30 Days to a More Romantic Marriage
Keeping the home fires burning might take more than a little spark. The comfort that comes from years of married life is wonderful, but it also means igniting the old spark might require dredging your relationship in love-filled lighter fluid! When my husband and I were dating, he brought me a rose...
Beyond Dinner and a Movie
"So, Katie, would you like to go out tonight?" "Sure, I would love to go out. What do you want to do?" "Well, I don’t know, I was thinking we could grab a bite to eat and then catch a movie." "Are you kidding me? No way! That is totally boring. Sorry, maybe next time." Click. Don’t get...
Choosing to Make Your Marriage Work
It was the biggest decision of your life--you were getting married! You chose the flowers, the food, and the decorations, but your marital decisions had only just begun with the arrival of that eventful day. Now that the reception is long over with, have you chosen to make your relationships a success?
Valentine Hearts and Hippopotamuses
It wasn’t that I didn’t like Cindy. I liked her a lot. I blame our romantic impasse on the inherent inequities of society’s infrastructure. She lived on the hill; I did not. There was also the problem of peer pressure (most of my buddies still thought that girls had fleas). Age was...
Three Dates To Marital Bliss
As our first son Jacob got older and started to crawl, we began eliminating places like movie theaters and dinner parties for us to go out to. When Jacob’s two younger brothers came along, we found that "going out" wasn’t the trick—simply "getting out" was the problem. Somewhere...
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