how to choose who to marry Archives - Page 2 of 3

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...

The Best Advice for Choosing a Good Husband

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 19, 2018 | Preparing for Marriage

How do you choose a good husband? How do you know that the guy you’re marrying is a good guy? This is a super exciting week in my family, because my daughter Katie is getting married on Saturday! And because of that, we’re busy gearing up for the wedding...

Top 10 Tips for Finding a Spouse in Your Forties

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 30, 2018 | Preparing for Marriage

If you’re in your 40s and you’re single, how do you find a spouse? To Love, Honor and Vacuum is a marriage blog, and I write mostly marriage advice. But many single women end up reading my blog. I also have others who have been in difficult marriages, who...

Reader Question: Why Don’t I Find Christian Men Attractive?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 29, 2018 | Preparing for Marriage

What do you do if you’re single, constantly around Christian men, and just don’t find yourself attracted to any of them? We’re starting a week for singles here at To Love, Honor and Vacuum, and today I want to tackle this question that just came in...

Reader Question: Should You Get Married Just Because You Have a Child Together?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 2, 2017 | Family, Preparing for Marriage

Should you marry your baby’s father? That’s a question that, a century ago, wouldn’t even have been a question. If you’re pregnant, of course you should get married! But today it’s possible for a woman to raise a child on her own and not...

How Can You Tell if the Guy You’re Dating Has Good Character?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 28, 2016 | Preparing for Marriage

How can you tell if the guy you’re dating has good character–if he’s really marriage material? About a week and a half ago I sent out an email to most people on my email list asking about ONE thing that I should focus on this fall–I wanted to...