Intelligence does not protect you from marriage mistakes. Emotional intelligence does not either. The women who make these mistakes are not naive or uninformed or lacking in self-awareness. They are women who love their husbands, who are invested in their marriages, and who are making decisions that feel completely reasonable…
There is a version of a marriage that looks completely fine from the outside. Nobody on the outside would know anything was wrong. But inside the house, inside the specific rooms where it is just the two of you, something has gone cold. The specific coldness of two people who…
Nobody warned you about this part. They told you the right person would make it easy. What they didn’t tell you is that marriage is a living thing. And living things need tending, or they die quietly while you’re busy surviving life. The 15 Marriage Tips No One Tells You…
Marriage is not always the fairy tale people make it out to be. There are seasons where everything feels heavy. And in the middle of all that chaos, your marriage can start to feel like just another thing you are trying to keep from breaking. I have been there. There…
Before I got married, I thought love was supposed to be easy. I thought if two people truly loved each other, things would just work out naturally. Arguments would be rare. Connection would be automatic. Romance would stay alive without much effort. Then I got married, and reality hit me…
Not all relationships are built the same way. Some couples seem to glide through life together, while others are constantly struggling. Some make it look effortless, while others are always one argument away from falling apart. The difference is not always about how much they love each other. It is…
Last week, I was having dinner with my husband when he casually mentioned that our neighbor’s marriage had ended after just two years. My fork paused halfway to my mouth. Here was another couple I’d watched exchange vows with such hope, only to see their dreams crumble faster than a…
Last week, I watched a couple at the café near my office engage in what looked like a heated discussion about vacation plans. What struck me wasn’t the disagreement itself, but how they handled it. The woman would speak, and her partner would lean forward, making eye contact, nodding occasionally.…
I was having coffee with my BFF at this quaint little café in Paris last month when she asked me something that made me pause mid-sip. “How do some couples make it look so easy while others seem to be constantly fighting or heading toward divorce court?” It’s funny how…
“The strongest marriages are built by two people who never stop working on themselves individually.” Now let me tell you something that might sound backwards at first, but stay with me here. The best thing you can do for your marriage might have absolutely nothing to do with your husband.…
