my good friend Mel [or Melissa Jayne Donaldson of you listen to Facebook] sent me a link to this article on marriage which covers a few steps [harr] that the recent marriage series didn't and is a very light and easy read: 7 Marriage Lessons Learned on the Dance Floor by Jen Smidt
And the series rages on, and my friends continue to write some incredible marriage-growing things and so i continue to post them... this post from someone who has been a dear friend of mine from long, long ago and is now happily married to one of my old youth okes who is not called PG any more cos he got all grown up... so let's hear it from Bev Le Roux Brodrick: Hi Brett The [...]
this great marriage-enhancing advice is from a friend of mine, Clint Botha, whose friendship has grown a lot since we both ended up in different countries and went virtual... By no means do I consider myself and Karin some kind of pro married couple (although that would be an awesome competition and/or reality tv show). We have only been at this thing for 6 years and a bit, but these are the things we have [...]
and now for the long ones... this one directed to the women... and a great write... - by now you know what's going on so read, enjoy, learn... this one by my internet friend Rachel T Moore: Since I only know my half of what works (my husband is amazing and mysterious like that), I'm going to address what a wife can do to build a good marriage. I've only been married two years (dated [...]
the series continues to breathe and i hope no-one is getting tired cos there is still a lot of great stuff to come - this bit of advice on how to grow a strong marriage comes from my older sister Susan Minne: We have been married for just over 20 years. I don't think we have ever stopped dating (still on honeymoon). I suppose if I have to choose one key thing (hard to choose [...]
i met this guy when he was part of a not-so-famous band when they came and played at the teacher's college i was studying at. Then i met him later when he was part of a famous band in south africa and over the years kept bumping into him and he always recognised me and treated me as if we were mates even though we didn't really know each other so well - and then [...]
another day, some more challenging and insightful advice on how to build a strong marriage relationship by my friend Lauren McGill: I think the thing that makes my marriage more special than any other relationship in my life is the vulnerability. I remember in our first few years of marriage, sharing something that had been eating away at me with j. I was so broken and ashamed, really believing after he had seen this ugliness [...]
...and the series continues, and will continue to [i still have a bunch of posts to come and some very long ones] because i think this is becoming an incredible resource and because you don't necessarily have to read and ingest it all now - bookmark it, print it out, come back to it later, read it with your spouseperson and speak about what things you can add to or subtract from your marriage to [...]
I still have about a week's worth of marriage-enhancing tips/advice to share as it is such an important topic it needs great attention and also because people are so different, every marriage will be different and so different advice or thoughts or ideas will relate to different people - so trust you will find something that impacts you and your marriage [or future marriage] strongly. This collection of thoughts really struck me as powerful and [...]
i have purposefully tried to get different voices as i ask friends of mine who are married well for their opinions on what can help to make a marriage strong and while a lot of my friends have only been married for under ten years, it is clearly an advantage to hear from those who have walked longer and gone through much more, and so it is a privilege for me to share some words [...]