Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog

We just got word that we have been named a finalist on “The Marry Blogger” favorite marriage blogs finalist list.

We’d love for you to go vote for “Laura’s Strengthening Marriage Blog” by CLICKING HERE (may be listed under “Strengthening Marriage”) — and also check out the many other great marriage blogs out there! It’s wonderful to see that there are so many people working to strengthen marriages!

Be sure to vote for “Laura’s Strengthening Marriage Blog” by midnight on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Thanks everyone! — Vote Here!

Had to share this darling picture that some friends took when visiting the USS Midway museum in Southern California. You all remember the famous picture “The Kiss” taken in Times Square at the end of World War II. Well apparently they’ve made a huge statue of it (located at the USS Midway museum).

My friends decided to recreate the experience (look closely at the bottom of the huge statue)! Too cute! This is definitely “The Kiss!” I encourage you all to go recreate The Kiss with your honey…even if it’s just in the middle of the living room! : )

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by Mark Chamberlain, Ph.D.

Psychologist and Author of Confronting Pornography, and founder of the new blog (and upcoming book) Love You, Hate the Porn

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Want Porn Out? Let Wife In!

reprinted from “Love You, Hate the Porn” Blog

Here’s how it went in the wild West: the Sheriff faced down the outlaw: “There ain’t room in this town for the both of us.” Always, by the end of the movie, only one of them would remain. Most often, of course, it was the good guy.

Most of our wives feel the same way about porn. “There ain’t room in your life for the both of us.”

Shuddering at the thought of losing our wives, too many of us take the wrong approach to this problem. We hide from our wives the fact that porn’s still in town. We try to avoid porn and are quite ashamed that we’re not doing a perfect job of that. So, tragically, we avoid our wives.

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Date night is simply one of the best things couples can do for their marriage. It nourishes the relationship mentally, emotionally, socially and even sexually (…if you’re lucky!).

Couples generally do the best they can when it comes to having a date night, so I really hate to be too hard on them about it. But it may be time to step it up a notch. Consider these four rules for raising the bar on date night: Continue reading “Raising the Bar on Date Night” »