Marriage | To Love, Honor and Vacuum

I Didn’t Really Care if My Sons-in-Law Were Debt-Free, Tattoo-Free Virgins

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2018 | grace, preparing for marriage

I never told my daughters that they should marry virgins. I told them instead they had to marry guys who loved Jesus. And those two are not necessarily synonymous. This week Lori Alexander’s article “Men Prefer Debt-Free Virgins without Tattoos” went...

Reader Question: Can Dating Long Distance Work?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 16, 2018 | preparing for marriage, videos

Can a long distance engagement work? Or do you have to live in the same city at some point? On Mondays I like to take a reader question and try to answer it, and lately I’ve been doing things a little bit differently. We’ve been answering our reader...

Reader Question: Should You Let Unmarried Couples Share a Room when Visiting?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 9, 2018 | friendship, holidays, preparing for marriage, responsibility

Here’s the scenario: a couple is visiting you this summer at your cottage or at your home. Should you let them share a room if they live together already (or you know they’re sexually active?) Every Monday I like to post a reader question, and this is a...

The Chore War: 4 Steps to Stop Arguing with Your Husband and Get Stuff Done

by Kathi Lipp | Jun 22, 2018 | housework, resolving conflict

Are you tired of The Chore War with your husband? One of the best parts about blogging is that I meet some amazing other bloggers. And Kathi Lipp is one of them. She and her amazing red hair caught my eye at a MOPS convention years ago, and since then...

Have I Doomed My Sex Life By Rewiring My Brain with Porn?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 21, 2018 | pornography, preparing for marriage, Sex

If you’ve used porn, and you’ve rewired your brain to become aroused with fantasy rather than a person, is your sex life in marriage doomed? This week we’ve been talking about how to use your brain well to get you on the road to a great sex life in...

The Ups and Downs of Marriage: A Timeline

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 7, 2018 | communication, Marriage

Every marriage has ups and downs. Last week I was talking about the patterns we get ourselves into in marriage, and comparing it to knitting. Sometimes we’re in a good pattern, and you know it, and you memorize it, and you can just keep going, and it makes...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.