Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage: Unlocking the Secrets to Life, Love and Marriage

When a woman thinks a man needs work, she is not trying to be negative or demeaning. In fact, she rather enjoys the thought. Do you know why? Because women like to work on relationships, and because marriage represents her greatest relationship, she enjoys working on it. But the thought of working on any relationship makes most men feel ill. You se

You are going to lose in the marriage enterprise if you don’t stop, drop, and roll over the fact that men and women are not equal. We may be equally valuable, but we differ in a litany of ways. If we don’t recognize and adjust to those differences, our marriages will not be what God intended them to be.

when does happiness become an idol? It happens when we exalt our concern to be happy above the very concerns of God himself. We live in a culture that says, “Above all else be happy; do what you want to do; satisfy yourself; look out for number one; do your own thing.”

valuable. Quick-fix manipulations do not a good marriage make.

It’s not that men are shallow. Men have depth, but we don’t give hints as to what’s going on inside our hearts. A man’s emotional depth requires some direct excavation—flat-out interrogation,

Affirming your commitment helps your wife or husband to see that you are interested in resolving a problem, not in getting your own way in a situation. Tell your husband how much you love and need him and that your marriage is the most important thing in the…

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Research supports the idea that it is not beneficial to share all of one’s negative feelings.8 One of a couple’s communication goals should be to reduce the negative statements they make to each other. Researchers in social psychology have shown that making positive verbal statements—even when you do not totally agree with your own statement—helps

Clarifying the issues, doing your best to minimize your emotions, and selecting the right time and place for a fight are a big part of fighting fair. The next step is to approach…

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Happiness dawns only when we are willing to sacrifice our personal happiness to do what is right. I’m not always happy. When things go badly around me, I’m not happy. When things I expected to happen, don’t, I don’t feel happiness. But I have learned a secret. When I do the right thing (though things around me are not right), things eventually chan

One of the most helpful things a man can do to maintain a normal sex life during the stressful child-rearing years is to share in the responsibilities of child rearing and domestic chores.