Donna Barnes
Getting engaged can be exciting or scary depending on what you truly want. Don’t let anyone influence your decision to get married or not! You have to take care of your owns needs which may mean standing up for what you truly need.
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Donna Barnes is an NYU Certified Life & Relationship Coach, Heartbreak Coach, Founder of Donna Barnes Dating, Relationship Expert for Good Morning America, and Author of Giving Up Junk-Food Relationships: Recipes for Healthy Choices. http://amzn.to/19zvrny
YourTango
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Nowadays, it’s hard to go on a date without being weighed down by expectations. When you add the “marriage question” into the mix, the pressure multiplies by tenfold.
Does this sound familiar? You met the “perfect” guy online who seems to have it all. Not only does he share your same hobbies, his values and interests align directly with your own.
Now, can you picture yourself marrying this man?
If your reaction to that question was “It’s way too soon to know” or “I’m not worried about that yet”, we’ve got a truth bomb for you. Whether you’ve consciously thought about marriage or not, it IS seen as an end goal for some people. And we get it.
When you get into a relationship with someone who doesn’t make his intentions known—and has never clearly defined his wants or needs—you take on a lot of risks. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter how hard you try to make things work; that question will hang over everything you do.
We’ve all been in this situation before and yet the answer still escapes us.
So we ask you this: Should you get into a relationship with the hopes that it will lead to marriage?
Dating expert Julie Ferman completely hits the mark when she says that the answer starts with YOU. She says that, “Culturally, in our world, it’s kind of expected that we should get married. It’s expected that we should have children. Not everybody wants to do that!”
Julie is right. Don’t base your goals on what society tells you. After all, it’s your love life. How can you expect yourself to find the one when you’re not certain exactly what it is you’re looking for?
Keeping a mental tab on whether your date checks off in the marriage department only puts unnecessary pressure on you, and will only hurt you in the end.
According to Pew Research Center, “53% of internet users [feel that] online dating allows people to find a better match for themselves because they can get to know a lot more people.”
That means that more than half of the participants believe that it’s possible to find genuine love online. This further proves that you should just let things happen naturally.
So here’s a challenge for you. Forget about those romance novels and every Hollywood film you’ve ever seen. If you start trusting your instincts, everything will fall into place.
Dr. Sheri Meyers
Relationship therapist, Dr. Sheri Meyers talked to Jaime Garza @ KCAL News about clear cut ways to resolve conflict and keep your relationship thriving. For more videos and free relationship tips please visit Dr. Sheri at http://www.drsheri.com
The Loving Wives Club
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The most important words you can tell your husband are “I Want You!” But to take your relationship to the next level add the words “More Than”. When you tell him you want HIM more than you want to read your favorite book, or to watch your favorite sit-com, you are really telling him that
HE is your man and priority! Follow up your words with action. Do this a few times and be prepared to see how much more committed he becomes to you and your family.
Visit: RomanticMarriages.com to learn more about how to get your husband to do more, be more and love more.
The Loving Wives Club
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What is the most powerful thing in your marriage? You are! Sometimes though women use their power to create distance instead of connection in their relationship. Many times when women are upset or ticked, they withhold sex from their husbands. Being upset is a human response, but if we are completely honest with ourselves, we need to recognize that withholding physical closeness sends him the message that we not only reject what ever he did that we felt made us upset, we are saying that WE REJECT HIM. Men feel loved through the act of physical connection. Withhold the physical contact and this says to him “she doesn’t love me”. Don’t use your power to punish your husband. Take some time and just a little space as you communicate to him verbally why you are ticked. You wouldn’t tell your 6 year old son, you won’t hug him or kiss him for 4 days because he spilled milk on your clean floor, so don’t doll out this same punishment to your man. He will emotionally disconnect from you if you do. Visit: RomanticMarriages.com to see how to keep him emotionally connected and for more marriage advice.
April Beyer
http://aprilbeyer.com Dating Coach & Relationship Expert April Beyer. Everyone wants me the answer to this question: “April, where can I meet quality, marriage-minded men?” What if I were to tell you that you have the same opportunity to meet these men that I do? In today’s video you learn:
1. Why simply meeting these men is NOT enough
2. How to create space by prioritizing your personal life
3. What makes it impossible for a man to approach you.
4. Why your awareness is key to meeting quality men
Married With Problems? Therapy May Help (390)
(NewsUSA) – Relationships are hard. Ask any couple who has been married for any length of time, and they will wholeheartedly agree.
Supporting this fact is that, according to the website www.divorcerate.org, the national divorce rate is somewhere between 40 percent and 50 percent, depending on the age range of the couple. Not exactly overwhelming odds for success.
And yet, there are those couples who manage to stay together — in sickness and in health, through emotional detachment, depression, infidelity, and a host of other problems — until “death do they part.”
So, how do they do it?
For some, a good marriage counselor is the secret.
In VH-1’s reality series “Couples Therapy,” for example, Dr. Jenn Berman attempts to help celebrity couples like DMX and his wife, Tashera Simmons, navigate their issues. In one episode, X admits that, when faced with uncomfortable situations, he usually walks away so he doesn’t have to deal with them.
While there was a time that society attached a stigma to counseling, now it would seem that it could be a couple’s last, best chance at recovery and a lasting relationship.
If you are considering seeing a marriage counselor, the following do’s and don’ts might help you get the most out of the experience:
* Do acknowledge that there is a problem. Typically, one partner fails to see a problem where the other partner does. To this end, both partners need to accept that the problem exists.
* Do take responsibility. It is rare that one partner is solely responsible for problems in the marriage. Owning your part — through actions, deeds, and words or the lack of them — is paramount to resolving the conflict.
* Do change your behavior. While this may be the most difficult step, it is the one thing that could salvage a relationship. This can include doing or not doing (and saying or not saying) certain things. The rule of thumb is simple: if any action, word, or deed will be hurtful to your partner, then don’t do it.
* Don’t have unreasonable expectations. The role of a marriage counselor is to help a couple understand one another better, not “fix” the perceived wrong in one or the other partner. The change is for both partners to make and maintain.
When in doubt, remember the Golden Rule: treat people the way you would want to be treated.