RELATIONSHIPS
Singleness – not spoken about enough but for many people a struggle or challenge and for others something to celebrate
i kissed dating: the parts – some thoughts about dating
40 Tips to help you improve your Marriage – some big, some small and all just ideas that may or may not work for you
How to save a marriage [before you need to] – i asked some married friends to share some ideas on what makes marriage work…
How to love your husband/wife better – the parts – a series looking at some different ways you can love your person well
What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Sammie Taylor
When I first agreed to write something for this topic for Brett, I honestly had no idea what I wanted to tell my “married” friends as a “single” person. Sometimes I feel so frustrated with [...]
Marriage Year 3: Meet Shaun and Sam Brauteseth
I married my lovely photographer wife Sam on the 28th of January 2012, on a beautifully sunny day under some trees in Port Elizabeth. We’d led our church’s youth group together but had never been [...]
Marriage Year 5: Meet Candice and Matt Fourie
This year I’ve been married five years. WHOA. It seems really long but at the same time, it seems to have passed by so quickly. Mine was different to most because Matt and I started [...]
What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Kate Sherry
when i asked Kate if she would write me a piece for this series, she ended up with a much longer post which i asked if i could share as part of the Taboo Topics [...]
Marriage Year 4: Meet Jade and Sean Poole
The relationship between Sean and I, like all couples like to affirm, is unique. We got married when I was 21 and he was 24, he had just returned from a working year in Norway [...]
Marriage Year 5: Meet Lindsay and Nate Brown
Challenges seem to be our forte. In the 4 years we have been married, Nate and I have struggled through some pretty rough times. We both agree that last year was the hardest time in [...]
Marriage Year 4: Meet Tessa and Ashley Tuttle
We got married on 5 February 2011 – and have just celebrated our third anniversary – we made it!! Year three was hands down the hardest for us so far, & we have had to [...]
What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Busisiwe Ledibane
Busisiwe Ledibane, 22 The other day I went to my little cousin’s school and came across two little girls on the way to the bathroom. As I entered the staff toilets, they approached the door [...]
Marriage Year 4 : Meet Emma and Willie Cocklin
We got married 8 January 2011, 4 days before my 24th birthday and the wedding was amazing! I worked like crazy to ensure we got everything we had dreamed on (at a serious budget) and could not [...]
What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Chantelle Finaughty
There’s always a fine line between helping/supporting your single friends, and trying to ‘fix’ your single friends. Too often, what is well meant on the part of the marrieds, is sometimes interpreted as them trying [...]
Marriage Year 2 : Meet Elaine and Dave Kim
We got married December 28, 2012 You may come upon a day, or days, in your marriage where you reach the end of yourself and may even dare to say aloud in an empty room: "I don't [...]
Marriage Year 2: Meet Emma and Gordon Whiley
Hey there, I’m Emma. Married to the very handsome Gordon for a year and a month. There are a million things I could write about being married but I thought I would focus on one [...]