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Beth lay in the chaise lounge on her veranda hoping for a moment to herself. That thought alone caused the tears to stream down her face, again. Three years married and what had happened, she thought. She let her mind drift back to her dreams of being married to Carl: having their own home, decorating it the way they had enthusiastically discussed, camping and kayaking together on weekends, taking...
9/17/2012 11:21:53 PM
There are surprises you can spring on your spouse, but "Honey I want a divorce" is not the kind of surprise anyone wants. Marie and Hunter had been married for 12 years. They had two boys, ages 7 and 10, who seemed relatively comfortable with their lives. They had good friends, and families who were close. Their marriage didn't seem too different from those of their friends. Marie tended to the children...
8/28/2012 1:54:11 PM
The so-called experts say that romantic passion cannot last-that it's just based on hormones in the brain that deplete as the "honeymoon" period, the excitement of a new love, fades away. We disagree. The secret to lasting romantic passion lies in knowing what makes romance thrive. For many, romance is infatuation-it is falling head over heels for someone based, typically, on one or two desirable qualities...
4/5/2012 9:20:20 PM
Because love is an emotion, many of us think that love will just carry romance along through its own momentum. This is a tragic misconception. Here is why: love is an emotion, and emotions are the result of automatic, subconscious appraisals. We experience many emotions all day long and they come and go depending on our everyday experiences. We can be happy, sad, disappointed, resentful, grateful,...
10/18/2011 4:09:03 PM