Answer (Dr. Gary Chapman): In today’s culture, often couples who are engaged find themselves geographically separated from each other for a long periods of time before they get married. Actually, this was true in my own marriage because my wife and I were attending different colleges. Our relationship was long distance for two years. And that’s…
When my husband Jeremiah and I were dating and just on the verge of engagement, I noticed a difference in the time we spent together as we grew more serious in our relationship. I started to see that how I spent my time and energy would be much different as a married woman. My priorities…
I married my wife because I couldn’t imagine ever finding her equal. I was in love, and I was also impressed. Her value was so clear that there was no way I was going to let her get away if I could do anything about it. I began with the perspective Adam had toward Eve…
Answer (Dr. Gary Chapman): I often encounter couples who are dating or engaged even that say to me, “What’s wrong with living together for awhile before we get married? We love each other. We’re going to get married. So why not live together before we get married?” You know, it sounds logical that you could…
Around Christmas time I made a batch of cocoa cookies. I had made this family recipe many times, so I was quite surprised when I bit into the finished product and it tasted like burnt play-dough. What had gone wrong? Why had my baking skills suddenly turned into a baking curse? I checked the milk…
