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										</div>Welcome to our new “Open Forum 3” discussion page! We continue to create new Open Forum pages for you to post your questions and comments, and for us all to discuss important marriage and intimacy issues. Please post your new comments/questions to this Open Forum 3 post below. For additional insights, you can review previous [...]]]></description>
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<p>Welcome to our new “<strong>Open Forum 3</strong>” discussion page!</p>
<p>We continue to create new Open Forum pages for you to post your questions and comments, and for us all to discuss important marriage and intimacy issues. Please post your new comments/questions to this Open Forum 3 post below.</p>
<p align="left">For additional insights, you can review previous discussions by clicking on the links below:</p>
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<div><a href="http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/marriage/open-forum-2-discussions/" target="_blank">Open Forum 2</a> (posts from Jun 30, 2009 &#8212; Apr 3, 2011)</div>
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<div><a href="http://strengtheningmarriage.com/blog/misc/open-forum-discussions/">Open Forum 1</a> (posts from Aug 14, 2007 – Jun 29, 2009)</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.strengtheningmarriage.com/qa.php" target="_blank">Laura’s Straight Talk Q&amp;A</a> (for other questions and answers from Laura)</div>
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<p align="center">~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p><span id="more-1183"></span>This is the place to post your questions and comments and have an open dialogue about subjects related to marriage, sex, intimacy and parenting. I hope you will consider yourself a valuable resource in this forum, as you share not only your questions, but also your own insights and solutions.</p>
<p>Please continue to be attentive to the tone of your posts, so that we can maintain an atmosphere of reverence and respect for each other and the sanctity of sexuality in marriage.</p>
<p>I will try to respond as often as I can, but hope you will step up and share your insights as well. </p>
<p>As you reply to the various comments below it will thread each comment in order (newest posts at the bottom) to make it fairly easy to follow the discussions.</p>
<p>Some readers incorrectly post their questions on our StrengtheningMarriage.com <a title="Comments Page" href="http://www.strengtheningmarriage.com/comments.php" target="_blank"><strong><span style="COLOR: #467aa7">Comments Page</span></strong></a> instead of here in this forum. I will move those questions over here to this forum to allow for easier discussion.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your participation here! Let&#8217;s learn and improve our marriages together! : )</p>
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<p>To create new discussion posts please visit our <a href="../misc/marriage/open-forum-3/" target="_blank">Open Forum 3</a> discussion page.</p>
<p align="left">For additional insights, you can review previous discussions by clicking on the links below:</p>
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<li>
<div><a href="http://www.strengtheningmarriage.com/qa.php" target="_blank">Laura’s Straight Talk Q&amp;A</a> (for other questions and answers from Laura)</div>
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<p style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p>I know from your many personal emails and the conversations we’ve had  at various events that there is an army of intelligent and intuitive  people who have great insights, and are seeking to strengthen their  marriages intimately. I hope you will consider yourself a valuable  resource in this forum as you share your questions and comments.</p>
<p>Please continue to be attentive to the tone of your posts, so that we    can maintain an atmosphere of reverence and respect for each other  and   the sanctity of sexuality in marriage. I will try to respond as  often as  I can, but hope you will step up and share your insights as  well.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your participation here! Let’s learn and improve our marriages together! : )</p>
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		<dc:creator>Laura M. Brotherson</dc:creator>
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<p>To create new discussion posts please visit our <a href="../marriage/open-forum-3/" target="_blank">Open Forum 3</a> discussion page.</p>
<p align="left">For additional insights, you can review previous discussions by clicking on the links below:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<div><a href="../marriage/open-forum-3/" target="_blank">Open Forum 3</a> (to post NEW questions and comments)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="../marriage/open-forum-2-discussions/" target="_blank">Open Forum 2</a> (posts from Jun 30, 2009 — Apr 3, 2011)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="../misc/open-forum-discussions/">Open Forum 1</a> (posts from Aug 14, 2007 – Jun 29, 2009)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div><a href="http://www.strengtheningmarriage.com/qa.php" target="_blank">Laura’s Straight Talk Q&amp;A</a> (for other questions and answers from Laura)</div>
</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p>I know from your many personal emails and the conversations we’ve had at various events that there is an army of intelligent and intuitive people who have great insights, and are seeking to strengthen their marriages intimately. I hope you will consider yourself a valuable resource in this forum as you share your questions and comments.</p>
<p>Please continue to be attentive to the tone of your posts, so that we   can maintain an atmosphere of reverence and respect for each other and   the sanctity of sexuality in marriage. I will try to respond as often as  I can, but hope you will step up and share your insights as well.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your participation here! Let’s learn and improve our marriages together! : )</p>
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