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Marriage and divorce

Could an affair make your marriage STRONGER?

Could an affair make your marriage STRONGER?

That's what a new survey is claiming. Crazy, right? I don't know about you but this doesn't sound like marriage to me. It sounds like dating. To me, one of the biggest requirements of marriage is fidelity but a surprising number of couples now claim affairs have helped their marriages....
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"I left my ex-husband for my future child" thumb

"I left my ex-husband for my future child"

I left my ex for someone else. I wasn't cheating on him. Rather, it was for a person...
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6 non-negotiable rules for your marriage thumb

6 non-negotiable rules for your marriage

  We were at a wedding this past weekend- and while I lapped up the vows and...
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Does keeping your maiden name mean you're not committed to marriage? thumb

Does keeping your maiden name mean you're not committed to marriage?

Even though I had gotten quite sick of being confused (at least on paper) with a certain...
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Is this the wettest wedding proposal ever? thumb

Is this the wettest wedding proposal ever?

Awwww ... a lovestruck man has gone down on bended fin in Sydney Harbour, proposing to...
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Listen to this amazing wedding speech. And it's not from the bride or the groom thumb

Listen to this amazing wedding speech. And it's not from the bride or the groom

This video of a father giving away his daughter on her wedding day is so beautiful. My...
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The problem with dating your husband thumb

The problem with dating your husband

Going on a date without the children is fun. Even a trip to the supermarket without the...
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Why I want to be alone on Valentine's Day thumb

Why I want to be alone on Valentine's Day

If you ask a childless couple what they have planned for Valentine’s Day, it’...
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Why putting out the garbage may damage your sex life thumb

Why putting out the garbage may damage your sex life

Guys – forget the sentiment that doing the dishes is like foreplay. Contrary to...
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The best relationship advice you ever received thumb

The best relationship advice you ever received

I have a theory based on a sample size of one (me) that the way we approach relationships...
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Why I'll never make someone feel like crap for being single thumb

Why I'll never make someone feel like crap for being single

It’s difficult to be tough while wearing crap-brown taffeta. Not to mention being...
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When a Judge Knows How to Parent your Child Better than You Do thumb

When a Judge Knows How to Parent your Child Better than You Do

Custody disputes are always hard and often filled with deep resentment over the loss of...
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FUNNY: The Guests Nobody Wants at their Wedding thumb

FUNNY: The Guests Nobody Wants at their Wedding

No one likes a stranger in their wedding photos. Okay maybe not no one. The bride and...
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Even if He Does Not Hit You... It is Still Abuse thumb

Even if He Does Not Hit You... It is Still Abuse

“Are you ok?” A concerned stranger’s face appeared beside my boyfriend...
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18 really important things that no one tells you about divorce thumb

18 really important things that no one tells you about divorce

In Australia around one third of marriages end in divorce and while it is often awful and...
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How old is too old to get divorced? thumb

How old is too old to get divorced?

Shortly after his 90th birthday my uncle asked my aunt for a divorce.  It wasn...
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