Tag: wife
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How I finally learned the secret of a happy, healthy marriage
One of my favourite me-time activities are birthday freebies. The get-one-free-ticket-for-the-birthday-person deal, and having the freedom of the city at a discounted price.
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How five gay men made me change my bad habits
A chance encounter with a reality show recently made me rethink my marriage and the issue of masculinity within the home. It stopped me in my tracks and made me realise anew that not all masculinity is toxic. It’s inspired this raging women’s rights activist to want to change some of my bad habits. And…
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Why the hardest thing about marriage, is staying married
In the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of my Facebook friends relocating to Splitsville. Is this simply to be expected because we’ve reached that point in our lives, or is it because marriage is actually harder than any of us expected?
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I’m Mumbling My Way Through Married Life, and Loving It
Ask anyone and they’ll tell you how “marriage changes things” and “If I knew what I know now, I don’t think I’d get married again.” I’d like to dissect those statements for a bit, if I may.
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My happy, weird one-month wedding anniversary
How do you do after saying I do? For our wife-in-progress, one month into marriage, the answer is proud and contented, thank you, even if that age-old vision of picket-fence perfection is really just a dream. Marriage changes you, and mostly for the better. But it can take a while to get used to calling…
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The no-nonsense secrets of a Ninja Wife
Two weeks into wedded bliss, and our wife-in-progress is already mastering the formula for a happy, working marriage. Support and respect your partner, but challenge him too. And when it comes to doing the laundry and ironing the shirts…don’t! By Mary B