The best wedding I ever attended was on our 17th anniversary in 1999. The wedding was for a colleague, and the couple had shacked up for several years before they decided to get married. More >>

If you are in an intimate, marital relationship, you need to be sensitive and appropriate when it comes to friends of the opposite sex. I want to discuss some ways you and your spouse can be protective of each other and still maintain your friendships... More >>

I can't believe 'The New York Times,' with its hugely liberal perspective, actually published an article on the downside of shack-ups. I was stunned. The article gives some stats that are simply mind-boggling... More >>

A lot of people get married for selfish reasons. They want to be free from their parents, ease loneliness, have sex, show that they're adults, save or help someone else, attain citizenship, and/or have a baby. They also might get married because all their friends are married, or they feel like they're running out of time. But all of these reasons are WRONG! More >>

Why are some people afraid to love? I can give you a handful of reasons... More >>

I started thinking about how to select a partner in junior high school. I then went to an all-boys high school, so not much happened there... More >>

First, thank you for changing my views on marriage. I was a firm believer in the concept of common law marriages prior to listening to your show. After hearing show after show about women shacking up with boyfriends and most importantly, how this affects children when they are born into these situations... I (or you rather) changed my mind! More >>

Since my youngest turned 3, we've added "going to the movies" to our list of favorite family pastimes. So just in time for the holidays, when many more families reconnect by watching, renting or buying movies, here is my ranking of the children's movies I saw in theatres with my kids this past year. More >>

I've written many books having to do with relationships, but each focused on different aspects of relationships. The most important ones, I think, were The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands and The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage because I pointed out the real element that makes a marriage work is when each person gets up in the morning and thinks about what they can do to make the other person happy and happy they're married to you. More >>

Regarding your points about marital generosity, I just want to say each morning, my husband either gets up at 4:00 or 5:00 to go to work. I don't have to get up at 7:00 to get ready for my job, but I have made it my own rule to get up with him... More >>