Sentences with phrase «couples who»

I know of many couples who decided to take a «break» from their relationship, but continued to rendezvous for weekly make - out sessions.

Foreign groups blame the one - child policy for encouraging couples who want sons to abort female unborn children or kill baby girls.

Couples who do not choose to become parents and couples who are unable to become parents may find themselves being subtly pressured by parents or peers.

Couples who share both child rearing and outside - the - home work more equally than we did probably have a less radical adjustment when the mid-years come.

(2) Confrontation by the example of other couples who have discovered the pay - off in their marriage which results from a «cause» that turns them on.

Couples who have been intimately married for a long time often communicate on deep, subconscious levels.

But with couples who have deadlocked communication or who say, «I don't know what the trouble is, I just don't love him (her) anymore,» the structure can help give focus to the vague pain.

But, as Richard explains, this isn't always the case: «We are aware of other couples who've had an initial Down's syndrome test and they've been under a lot more pressure to terminate the pregnancy.

However, President Obama believes that it is fundamentally unfair to deny certain rights and protections to gay and lesbian couples who perhaps adhere to a different religious perspective.

The affirming human potentials approach to premarriage work is never more salutary or important than when it is used with couples who feel self - criticism and guilt, or expect rejection by the minister.

Churches have been asked to encourage couples who are planning to marry to buy Fairtrade wedding rings....

4) «Just living together» without a marriage is becoming more common among couples who aren't ready for marriage or don't want legal commitments.

Praise God for the church nursery and Sunday school workers, for the young ones without babies themselves (and all of their energy), for the older couples who have raised their babies (and all of their calming certainty), for the other tired parents who take their turn so that they could perhaps listen to the sermon next week.

Perhaps; though the sceptic might still argue that here one is looking not at the impact of vows, but at those couples who have contrived to hold together through a certain level of psychological stability supported by sufficient conditions of external security.Let us allow the sceptic to press his point: can one really do more than hope for permanence in marriage?

For couples who are relating well in some areas, but desire more of what Paul Tournier calls a «total marriage,» this book may be a useful tool.

Meanwhile, I know Christian gay couples who are faithful and generous, just and true.

I know some couples who continue to live together but sleep separately.

Couples who are living together may expect judgmentalism or put - downs from a minister.

Couples who have learned how to use the Parent / Adult / Child aspect of Transactional Analysis (see p. 81, n. 23) have a tool for conflict resolution and for employing the IMM more effectively.

I know Christian gay couples who are Godly, prayerful, generous, loving, and splendidly matched as well.

Choose couples who have reasonably happy marriages.

Couples who used these «lab» sessions between meetings of marital growth groups reported that the main barrier was feelings of self - consciousness and embarrassment because of the artifice nature of the sessions.

Premarital sessions with couples who've been «living together» in a committed relationship have many similarities with marriage enrichment or counseling.

A mentoring program might pair new parents with older couples who are willing to provide general advice, as well as particular counsel during times of crisis.

• Do members understand why a pastor would refuse to baptize the babies of couples who do not participate in the life of the congregation even though the grandparents are members?

Several surveys show that married couples who attend church at least once a week make up the most sexually contented segment of society.

A recent study conducted by The Institute on Family Studies found that couples who attend worship...

What about couples who decide they don't WANT children?

If other couples who wanted to have a good relationship came to us to learn how, we could give some pointers.

In former Communists countries, like Poland in some Churches women are not even allowed to read during mass, forget about altar girls I've only seen 1 church that allowed it, and couples who practice contraception, who are divorced, who have children out of wedlock, priests often deny them the Sacraments especially in small towns.

If we then give mercy to those that live in total and continuous adultery and who defy 1 of the 10 commandments written by the finger of God, how much more should we give even greater mercy to gay couples who do not break one of the core 10 commandments of God?

Significantly, the case studies are not limited to those who have always followed the Church's teaching but include many couples who have used artificial contraception in the past but have since ceased to do so and found that the happiness of their marriage was greatly enhanced as a result.

I do assure you that the gay couples who may find hetero activities «yucky» don't care what YOU do while you're «enjoying intelligent sex.

Sometimes the rescuers were infertile couples who had always desired children; sometimes they were people who simply needed an extra hand to help out with the work.

That said, I know plenty of couples who find that identifying an official leader of the family helps them make decisions faster, stay on the same page better, and move through life with more harmony and peace.

This book is designed for two purposes — to provide resources and guidelines for ministers and other counselors for use in mid-years growth counseling and marriage enrichment; and to provide do - it - yourself help for mid-years couples who wish to enrich their own marriage.

Without it couples who merely live together are denied many legal benefits and protections granted to married couples.

Furthermore, surveys show that couples who describe their marriage as «egalitarian» are more likely to classify it as a happy one than those who describe their marriage as «traditional.»

From a spiritual perspective, since gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, our communities have plenty of gay couples who, just like the rest of us, need marriage support and parenting help and Christian community.

When noting the relationship between household members, same - sex couples who are married could mark their spouses as being «Husband or wife», the same response given by opposite - sex married couples.

And what the hell is the problem with couples who DO choose a marriage exclusively for the benefit of the couple?

Couples who are «meant to be» never fight and never struggle together, we think.

Priests, pastors, and lay leaders also need to do a better job of standing in solidarity with couples in crisis, both by explicitly acknowledging they can be found in any local church and by connecting them to professionals and seasoned lay couples who can help them.

The Gay couples who wish to get married need to realize marriage is making a covenant between them and God.

But the thrust of what we have been saying is that some sexual difficulties are not as deep as they may seem, and there is realistic hope for the vast majority of couples who approach their problems with the will to grow together and to get professional help in the process if that proves to be necessary.

(14) Couples who «live for their children» have trouble encouraging their healthy, increasing autonomy.

This was true both of the couples who described their marriages as «satisfactory» and those who saw them as «unsatisfactory.»

Those whose sex life is satisfying and beautiful may have intercourse with less frequency than unhappy couples who are frantically proving their sexuality or searching for a solution to their emotional pain.

Couples who have engaged in premarital intercourse, sometimes find guilt feelings plaguing them in marriage.

Young couples who have not completed the central task of adolescence — achieving a sense of identity — have a difficult time.