When you look at the marriages around you, what do you admire? What makes them different? Do people look at yours and ask, "How do I get one like that?"
Bob shares his answer to a reader's question about communication with an unwilling spouse. Read his suggestions for how to get to the bottom of underlying problems.
Would you like to know why some relationships last and some don’t? Why some are happy and others aren’t? Researchers John Gottman and Robert Levenson found kindness and generosity were the keys. [...]
Amidst all the talk of why 50 Shades of Grey is off base, I read a beautiful blog post written by Ann Voskamp. She says, “ . . . our mattress sags in the middle. . . the springs in the centre [...]
“What do you want to do on vacation?” I had told my husband I had never seen the South and would love to go there on a car trip with him. Now he was getting the details, formulating a plan. We [...]
It’s been over five years since Bob and I started taking ballroom dance lessons. I remember the early days when we would rotate around the room apologizing to each partner: “I’m sorry. I have no [...]
I love the old folk tale, “The Eight-Cow Bride.” It’s the story of Johnny Lingo, a shrewd native businessman who was known for always getting the best deal. One day a visitor arrived on the [...]