Sentences with phrase «in failed marriages»

Here, she seeks to marginalize and provoke him — presumably in order to strike a spark in her failing marriage.

His story continued about keeping the abuse contained, turning to drugs and alcohol to try coping with his pain, how it resulted in a failed marriage and continued estrangement with a daughter.

Even when one is open to change and ownership of their part in a failed marriage, the emotional and spiritual rupture can be overwhelming and indelible.

workaholic in a failing marriage (my fault).

To be successful at dating, don't bring in past issues in your failed marriage or financial problems you have experienced.

As for Jim and Janey Carver, neighbors with whom the Hoods become sexually entangled, Jamey Sheridan and Sigourney Weaver offer sharp portrayals of two lonely people in a failed marriage.

Doug Liman's Mr. and Mrs. Smith is not a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 comedy of the same name, but both films concern couples in failing marriages.

Other best - actress nominees are Nicole Kidman as a grieving mother in «Rabbit Hole»; Jennifer Lawrence as a teen trying to find her missing father amid the Ozark Mountains» criminal underbelly in «Winter's Bone»; and Michelle Williams as a wife in a failing marriage in «Blue Valentine.»

She goes at the behest of her daughter, Sally (Naomi Watts), a gallery assistant stuck in a failing marriage with a failing writer, Roy (Josh Brolin).

A once - popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life... A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in him... A struggling singer - songwriter unwittingly involved in the failing marriage of a couple he's only just met... A gifted, underappreciated jazz musician who lets himself believe that plastic surgery will help his career... A young cellist whose tutor promises to «unwrap» his talent... Passion or necessity — or the often uneasy combination of the two — determines the place of music in each of these lives.

Nor does it work if alcohol or drug abuse are factors in the failing marriage.

Not exact matches

A failed office marriage doesn't necessarily have to result in conflict, or even separation, though.

It isn't that a lot of marriages don't fail and a lot aren't made in Hell and all that, but considering how difficult the world is, it's your best chance for most people.

Some awkwardness and misunderstanding is inevitable in relationships, but sometimes, Christian women get so bogged down by the concept of men being «leaders» that we fail to recognize that God only calls us into this kind of «leading» relationship within the walls of a loving, respect - filled, and mutually submissive marriage.

Failing that, he should simply refuse the government's delegation of legal power, referring the couple to the courthouse after the wedding for the state to confect in its bureaucratic way the amorphous and ill - defined civil union that our regime continues to call «marriage.»

Likewise, those who attempt to intercede to save a marriage can either succeed or fail in that endeavor.

I've been praying for it for 12 years since my own marriage failed in much the same way as Julie's, though not on such a large public stage.

Where the church has failed is not in its high standard of fidelity, but in its tendency to treat sex as incidental to the fulfilment of marriage, or as at best a minor element in fulfillment.

She was put on paid leave in 2011 after informing her supervisor she was considering divorce, and terminated that December for what she alleges was «failing to reconcile her marriage.»

Most marriages with addicts fail when the addict gets dry, because the relationship was dependent upon the codependent fixing the addict, and all the bad stuff in the relationship was blamed on the addiction.

His failed marriages, most notably from fellow country music star Tammy Wynette, and his life - long skirmish with substance abuse, were always in the headlines.

Failure to pray as a Christian is like failing to talk to your spouse in your marriage.

An Alpha leader in his 40s talked about episodes of violence, about failed marriages and about the years of estrangement from his family.

But I fail to see how a single verse like Luke 17:34 (which in context has little or no bearing on homosexual marriage / behavior), or even several bare verses from various places in Scripture that are often quoted on this issue, make for worthwhile conversation.

This creates great strife in marriages causing some long term marriages to fail.

In his foreword, the Rt Rev Peter Doyle, Chair of the Bishops» Committee for Marriage and Family Life, described the 4th edition as «a resource to assist all those in our communities whose marriages have failed, and those accompanying them; and restore to them, with the mercy of God, hope and confidence on the journey of faith in the light of the Gospel.&raquIn his foreword, the Rt Rev Peter Doyle, Chair of the Bishops» Committee for Marriage and Family Life, described the 4th edition as «a resource to assist all those in our communities whose marriages have failed, and those accompanying them; and restore to them, with the mercy of God, hope and confidence on the journey of faith in the light of the Gospel.&raquin our communities whose marriages have failed, and those accompanying them; and restore to them, with the mercy of God, hope and confidence on the journey of faith in the light of the Gospel.&raquin the light of the Gospel.»

If they are from a biblically conservative tradition they are likely to use selected references to sexuality, marriage, and family to communicate the ideals of God in a way that will encourage and motivate people to strive for the ideal.6 This didactic use of the Bible fails to distinguish the radical difference between family life and the religious practices of ancient and modern cultures.

In the 23 years of my failed marriage, I hid, filtered, and pretended to be what I thought my spouse wanted.

Donald Trump ascribing responsibility for his first two failed marriages to working «like, twenty - two hours a day» brought to mind Adam Smith's invocation of the «invisible hand» in his 1759 work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

Both spouses in every marriage are guilty of many sins, but nobody leaves their spouse saying, «He / she failed to be completely sinless.»

As much as we talk about confession and forgiveness within the Church, we often fail to apply it in the context of our marriages.

Most of the literature that attempts to instruct us about getting along in marriage fails to face up to a fact so clearly true that I have dared to call it Hauerwas's Law: You always marry the wrong person.

The book is arranged around seven sacraments — baptism, confession, communion, holy orders, confirmation, anointing of the sick, and marriage — and today's excerpt comes from the Holy Orders section in a chapter entitled «Epic Fail.»

Most importantly, the presence of healthy conflict in our marriages, both present and future, reveals the glorious nature of Christ's rescue of helpless sinners (Romans 5); that even when we fail and even when we stumble, even when we say the wrong thing at the wrong time, God remains committed to us and will never abandon His wayward Bride (Hebrews 13:5).

After being in an awful trial and watching the way the church failed me, my husband, my marriage... wow.

Many marriages fail because of a bad sex life which leads to affairs which is frequently due to a corrupted view of sex in general.

Only in Arizona did a marriage initiative fail, and that seems largely due to a disinformation campaign scaring non-married opposite - sex couples into thinking they could lose health benefits.

Millennials have become a much maligned generation — they're either living in their parents» basement, or spending too much time playing video games, or unable to buy a home because they're spending too much money on avocado toast or delaying marriage, aka «failing» to reach the traditional markers of adulthood (hey, maybe those markers need -LSB-...]

I once saw this video on youtube from an anti-marriage advocate who said that statistically more than half of marriages fail (not including murder, suicides, and those who end up in institutions), and the other half that decides to stick it out makes a sport out of making each other miserable by fighting like Israelis vs. Palestinians.

People tend to see a marriage that ends in divorce as a failed marriage even though not every ending is a failure.

If we had new marital models, like contracts, we'd still get the longevity we seek in our marriage (whatever length the couple decides) without the stigma of a «failed marriage» when the contract ends (assuming the couple chooses not to renew).

The stat says that one in two marriages will fail.

So, I, too, will view a divorce as a «failed marriage» if we all agree that divorce — like failure in general — leads to «new level of growth,» can lead us to «steppingstones to later success» and «rid (s) ourselves of the wrong turns on the way to the right one.»

Furthermore, marriage counselors suggested that by seeking help and by actively participating in the counseling process, most marriages — or at least contracted between two «healthy» individuals could not fail.

The mere presence of counseling professionals in a community meant that couples with failing relationships who did not seek help were not as committed to marriage as those who did.

We played and proved to be a crucial ally in building the case for Gay marriage (a just and right fight) «after all black marriages fail at such a high rate» etc and «marriage isn't about raising kids» its funny cause like every other minority group that uses Us to get their rights they bounce to the Suburbs and live «traditional» American lives gender roles included, I love it when the gender warriors turn around and heep praise on Ellen and her wonderful wife or other Gays who have traditional gender roles.

I'm sorry you feel your marriage «failed» and I can't help wondering if some of that sense of failure is because others react to divorce and if events in your past led you to believe that the only «successful» marriage is one that stayed intact no matter what — abuse, infidelity, cruelty.

Statistics show that marriages are failing at exponential rates in the US but if you think there are more cheating spouses in the US than other parts of the world, it's time to think again!

According to prominent marriage researcher, Dr. John Gottman, «The sad irony is that in trying to create the perfect life for their children, these parents fail to provide what kids need most — a happy home.»

«Since most marriages fail due to communication issues, I would say that this is an excellent reason to participate in premarital counseling.»