Before I even knew we had marriage problems, Kate had marched into our bathroom one morning and declared that God said I would become a Christian and do full -
time marriage work.
Not exact matches
«One of the greatest gifts one can give a
marriage is the recognition and acceptance that there are
times when you're going to get it wrong... When you will lose the
work - life balance; when you will share too little or too much; when you will lean too heavily while it was [the other person] who needed the rest.
A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role
marriage plays in the lesbian wage premium, and found that women who don't expect to be part of a traditional family spend more
time investing in labour participation through on - the - job training and
working longer hours than household skills.
These programs
work most of the
time, as I have seen as a
marriage and family counselor for over 30 years.
As part of my
work over the last four years, I've spent a significant amount of
time reading books in the Christian «
marriage advice» genre: Real Marriage, His Needs, Her Needs, Love &
marriage advice» genre: Real
Marriage, His Needs, Her Needs, Love &
Marriage, His Needs, Her Needs, Love & Respect.
I currently
work full
time for a large church that is recovering from the loss (resignation, not termination) of a senior pastor who's
marriage completely crumbled, and for 7 years took out the majority of his marital issues on the staff that he was supposed to mentor.
The actors announced their break - up on social media on Sunday night, writing that they tried to make their
marriage work for a long
time and are disappointed they could not succeed.
However, there have been other
times where I've had to leave and go into the toilet because I'm crying and asking questions — trying to be happy for the person but still questioning why my
marriage didn't
work and why this couldn't happen for me.
At his New York
Times blog, Ross Douthat has been doing a yeoman's
work, making me almost regret my critique of his essay on gay
marriage by offering a patient, sophisticated case for preserving the «ideal» of heterosexual
marriage.
Her slim book «The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, and Womens»
Work» and New York
Times Bestseller «Acedia & Me: A
Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life» saved my life a
time or two.
On Saturdays, we officiate weddings with unconditional vows, on Sundays we preach sermons on the sanctity of
marriage, and then on Mondays we counsel our congregation that Jesus exempts them to do the hard
work of remaining faithful in
times of unfaithfulness and that ultimately
marriage is not about Jesus and the church but their personal desires.
Ireland's recent decision to approve same - sex
marriage, by popular referendum, has left the country's Catholic reputation in ruins.Of course, this shift didn't come about overnight — secularization has been in the
works for some
time — but the vote reinforces the feeling of a dramatic break with Ireland's Catholic heritage, and a step into an uncertain future.
In less prosperous and less romantic
times, Christians have viewed
marriage in more pragmatic terms as God's good gift of providing a partner with whom to
work and live and make love.
(4) Relaxation and fun periods, both planned and «free
time,» are essential during intensive retreats to keep the struggles of growth
work from becoming a drag, and to encourage growth in that playfulness which keeps sparkle in a
marriage.
In the
time that we were members of it, there was a
marriage, a divorce, the birth of a couple of children and the adoption of another, several hospitalizations and a couple of surgeries, along with all the everyday challenges of home,
work and school.
When challenged about the lawfulness of divorce, Jesus cited Genesis, stating clearly that the human act of joining together in
marriage is at the same
time God's
work.
The Los Angeles
Times: Scientology did not violate forced labor law, appeals court rules Scientology did not violate a labor law by failing to pay for the
work of two former members of the church's Sea Organization - a wing that restricts participants» outside communications,
marriage and children, censors mail and monitors phone calls - a federal appeals court said Tuesday.
We both were cheated on in our
marriages and he is very gun - shy so this
works for both of us for the
time being.
we know
marriage takes
work, we know that we will face hard
times and we look forward to the wonderful
times we will have.
We ended up in a fairly traditional homemaker - breadwinner
marriage, although I always
worked part
time.
I have been unhappy about my
marriage for the past 3 to 5 years, mainly because my wife is often grumpy, in a bad mood and spends so much
time on her own in the evenings when she comes from
work.
It
worked great for us and allowed my husband and I to have some much needed
marriage time in the evenings
After this
time visit how it's
working in your
marriage.
The special
time together will help you
work better as a team at home while keeping your
marriage happy and healthy.
A gap year is actually a great way to
work on a
marriage because each person would have
time to do some critical self care and growth and, just like gap - year kids, might be re-energized, and have a new perspective and perhaps even a new appreciation for their
marriage.
Shouldn't couples be taking that
time to
work on their
marriage and do things together?
I do know that
time spent
working at night can be rough on a
marriage and takes a lot of patience.
Soothing methods that
work for two babies Tandem baby - wearing options Developmental Transitions — teething, babyproofing, swaddles and weaning bottles / pacifiers Introduction to sleep training — when, where and how Growth spurts and milestones — identifying and responding Introduction to solids — purees & baby led weaning Infant Milestones — Identical vs Non-identical development Hiring a Nanny / Choosing childcare Healthy
Marriage and Relationships Twin Troubleshooting — 0 - 12 months Going back to
work — making the transition easier Q&A
time
Weiner - Davis gives advice for both, with many examples of how the solution - focused advice has panned out for couples she's
worked with during her
time helping numerous
marriages.
Our current contract — «until death» — might have
worked when people didn't live all that long (according to the American sociologist and author Stephanie Coontz, the average
marriage in colonial
times lasted under 12 years); or when many women died in childbirth, freeing men to marry multiple
times (which they did); and when men of means needed women to cook, clean and caretake, and women needed men for financial security.
Time crunch: The amount of time couples devoted to marriages in prior eras doesn't cut it today; now, you need to invest more to make it w
Time crunch: The amount of
time couples devoted to marriages in prior eras doesn't cut it today; now, you need to invest more to make it w
time couples devoted to
marriages in prior eras doesn't cut it today; now, you need to invest more to make it
work.
Not all of our
marriages will
work, no — but when they do, they'll
work better than at any other
time in history, say scholars.
Working a demanding job while paying painstaking attention to one's children leaves little
time for maintaining a
marriage.
Thankfully, we realized right away that we wanted to make our
marriage a priority so we
worked on finding
time for each other as often as possible.
Now I am a single mom (this isn't what killed or
marriage) of three with full custody,
working full
time and get to hear him moan about child support.
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marriage... I was married for 3 years with 1kid and we lived happily until things started getting ugly and we had fights and argued almost every
time... it got worse at a point that he filed for divorce... I tried my best to make him change his mind & stay with me because I love him so much and don't want to lose him but everything just didn't
work out... he moved out of the house because it was a rented apartment and still went ahead to file for divorce... I pleaded and tried everything but still nothing
worked.
I would never presume to offer foolproof relationship advice (
marriage, like parenting,
works differently for every couple), but these truths are standing the test of
time for us.
Even if a father «
works» a lot, he must certainly have
time available for soccer games and the like during
marriage.
I spend much
time trying to figure out what makes a
marriage work.
It also helps to look at the bigger picture, says Kimberly Harrington, of Burlington, Vermont, mom to Walker, 3, and Hawthorne, 15 months: «During one of my last childbirth classes, the instructor drew a big pie chart showing an 80 - year life span and how much
time we devote to school,
marriage,
work, and so on.
During his
time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and
worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil
marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.
I don't think it's ever a wrong
time to advance fundamental rights for New Yorkers, and we plan to
work with the governor to make
marriage equality a reality here in New York.
I am deeply offended that during this Holy Week, which is a most sacred
time to millions of New Yorkers, Governor Andrew Cuomo is
working hard to mobilize elected officials to legalize homosexual
marriage in New York.
Each item became a bona fide — along with the 2011 passage of same - sex
marriage and the 2013 gun control law — during the speech, repeating for the umpteenth
time this week that «progressive government
works, and we proved it.»
The
marriage tax allowance was intended to help four million married couples where one parent does not
work or does so part -
time to care for children
«I am deeply offended that during this Holy Week, which is a most sacred
time to millions of New Yorkers, Gov. Cuomo is
working hard to mobilize elected officials to legalize homosexual
marriage,» Diaz said of the announcement made in The New York
Times between Passover and Easter to promote «a radical agenda.»
The decline and disappearance of stable, unionized full -
time jobs with health insurance and pensions for people who lack a college degree has had profound effects on
working - class Americans who now are less likely to get married, stay married, and have their children within
marriage than those with college degrees, a new University of Virginia and Harvard University study has found.
College - educated middle - class workers, with material, cultural, and intellectual resources, are more resilient, however, when faced with the effects of possible insecure
work in tough
times, and therefore are more able to commit to
marriage and to planning families.
«In my 25 years of conflict - resolution
work, I've come to believe that
working on communication to fix a struggling
marriage is a waste of
time...
Transitional
times are built into our life cycles and our culture: nine months of pregnancy, a three - month trial period at
work, a year of engagement before
marriage, a permit before a driver's license, etc..