I am a recovering compulsive people-pleaser. I found out very early on in my engagement that making everyone happy is not only exhausting, it’s impossible. The engagement period is rife with the tension that comes from a messy, awkward transfer of family loyalty. Because before you are married, your parents and siblings are your core…
This month my husband and I will celebrate a milestone—anniversary number one, a year that has been rich with new beginnings and filled with “firsts,” getting married, becoming homeowners, moving to another state, launching new careers, and embarking on this crazy, beautiful, blessed journey together! Before we got married, Zach and I realized that the…
When two people join in holy matrimony they bring a collective financial history with them. Well, in our case, collective is the wrong word. The only thing my wife and I collected was debt. In this respect, my wife and I have always been a perfect match: We both believed in spending money. Until debt…
Many couples say that the bedroom is the one room in the house where most of the arguments take place. But in our marriage, the room where tension boils over (at least, on my part!) is the kitchen. In the early months of married life, I struggled with my new responsibility of kitchen duties, not…
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