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10 Ideas for Cheap Date Nights that Don’t Feel Cheap

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jan 29, 2019 | Marriage, Spending Time Together

How do you plan a great date night when you’re on a tight budget? Marriage comes in stages, and for many people there is a long stage where money is tight. But that doesn’t mean you stop having fun together–not at all! Today it’s Rebecca and...

10 Ways to Get the Spark Back in Your Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 22, 2019 | Marriage, Spending Time Together

How do you get that spark back in your marriage if you feel like you’ve lost it? How do you rekindle that excitement about being together if you feel like you’ve just become roommates? Never fear! I totally believe this can be done. I recently...

Embracing Your Friendship: Stop Drifting Apart

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 29, 2014 | Emotional Connection, Marriage, Spending Time Together

Everyone has what I call “seasons of distance” in their marriages where drifting apart seems imminent. They’re inevitable, and they’re usually no one’s fault. My husband and I are just emerging from a “season of distance” when...

When Your Husband Doesn’t Want to Spend Time with You

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 24, 2013 | Marriage

One of the most common complaints I get is, “My husband doesn’t want to spend time with me! We feel so lonely in our marriages, as if we’re living parallel lives.” Often when things go wrong in a marriage we start looking at the...

Revive Your Marriage 3: Revive Your Friendship

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 17, 2012 | Emotional Connection, Marriage

It’s time to…Revive Your Marriage! This month I’m joining three bloggy friends, and every Monday we’ll all write our own posts on how you can Revive Your Marriage! Today our topic is Revive Your Marriage through building a friendship with your husband!...

Do Women Expect Endless Courtship?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 25, 2011 | Marriage

At marriage conferences my husband and I tell the story of a couple that had been married for thirty years. The wife was very unhappy. Her husband didn’t communicate well. He wasn’t mushy. He wasn’t overly affectionate. Finally, on their anniversary,...