Last week Karri, Heather, and I bid adieu to October and hello to November. Here’s the articles we accomplished that with:
Tuesday, October 30
Seven Things Haunted Houses Can Teach You About Your Spouse
Did you know you can learn about your spouse from a haunted house? You can! There are many things you can discern in fact.
Wednesday, October 31
Karri wondered if marriages in trouble can be saved or if they’re always doomed to experience the Big D.
How to Learn More About Your Spouse: Reading Together
A marriage that reads together, stays together. Why? You learn a lot about your spouse and always have something to talk about.
Thursday, November 1
Heather had some great suggestions for couple time (many which involved snuggling-inducing activities) as the temperatures drop this season.
Living Too Close to Your Parents or In Laws
Karri examined the pros and cons of living near parents and in-laws and how for some this would be ideal and for others not so much.
National Men Make Dinner Day: Husbands, Hit the Kitchen!
For any harried housewife (or working wife who’s in charge of meals), here’s some respite from one task for one day each year.
Karri extols the virtues of modern communication methods, like email and texting, but warns of their limitations. For weightier issues, like breaking up and canceling dates, they’re not such a good choice.
Friday, November 2
Ways Couples Unite as One at a Wedding
Karri examined traditional rituals couples invoke during wedding ceremonies to declare their love to each other and enter into a marital union.
Is It Okay for Your Husband to Have a Female Friend?
Karri pondered the potential hazard of a husband having a close female friend, but also explained how it’s not always a threatening thing.
Life Imitating Art: My Marriage and Friday Night Lights
On the show Friday Night Lights, Tami Taylor’s husband quit his job that had him living in another town and returned home. My husband ended up doing something similar.
Do You and Your Mate Have a Song?
Karri addressed music and how it impacts us on many levels –including the tender memories it can make in our relationships.
Saturday, November 3
Would You Confess to Having an Affair?
Karri raised an interesting point: there are those spouses who get caught cheating, but what about the ones that don’t? What about the ones that get away with it? Should they come clean? Would you feel compelled to tell your spouse?
Because so many of us spend more time at work than home, and therefore more time with coworkers than spouses, it stands to reason there could be the possibility of developing such an attraction.
Sunday, November 4
Confessing to an Affair Continued
Would you rather hear about an affair your spouse had from them or someone else? Karri examines the pros and cons of confessions…and not confessing.
Why Working at the Same School as My Husband is Not a Good Idea
Karri is a teacher and her husband is a principal…at separate schools. Karri explained why she’d like to keep it that way.
Pros and Cons of Couples Working at the Same Workplace
Karri looks at the good and bad that comes of working with a spouse.
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