Strengthening Marriage Newsletter 39

"Straight Talk about Strengthening Marriage"

April 18, 2011 -- Newsletter #39
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CONTENTS "The Kissing Closet" Couple Photos -- 2011 Anniversary Inn Winner 25% Off Discount -- The Anniversary Inn Next Couples Cruise -- Feb 2013 New -- "Marital Intimacy Show" Episodes New -- Marriage Blog Posts Join Us on Facebook Marriage Resources Advertising on Strengthening Marriage.com Newsletter Archive Quote from ... *And They Were* *Not Ashamed* "It's the ongoing sharing of household responsibilities that has erotic potential--not a single occurrence of doing the dinner dishes." (p. 99) Click here to purchase ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ LET'S CONNECT PAGE - Strengthening Marriage, Inc. PAGE - The Marital Intimacy Show @LauraBrotherson @MaritalIntimacy Subscribe to: Strengthening Marriage Blog The Marital Intimacy Show Keep in Touch Visit us online StrengtheningMarriage.com Share your thoughts Laura@StrengtheningMarriage.com What's New? at StrengtheningMarriage.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Don't forget Date Night!	"The Kissing Closet" One affectionate couple found themselves being shoved into the kitchen pantry by their grossed-out children who didn’t want to see their parents kissing! This was the beginning of this couple’s regular romantic rendevous in their “Kissing Closet.” (Click here for their story.) What a fabulously fun idea! The kissing closet is a great idea for any couple to add a bit of fun and flirtatiousness (is that a word?) to their relationship. Do you have a “kissing closet?” If you do or like the idea of creating one in your home, we’d love to have you send us your kissing closet pictures for us to share them here on our “Strengthening Marriage Blog.” In testing out our own kissing closet, our kids took issue with the fact that this kissing “closet” idea was technically a kissing “pantry,” and thought we ought to move it to the real closet in our bedroom. But what fun is that? The whole point of a kissing closet (in the kitchen) is to publicly torture your kids (even though we know they think it’s cute and funny), and to have quick and easy access to steal a kiss. Kissing Closet Photos As you can see from our kissing closet photo session, there are functional purposes of the kissing closet for my husband and myself… Click here to read the rest of the story... Click for -- Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog Click for -- Other Published Articles
	Couple Photos -- 2011 Anniversary Inn Winner Congratulations to Chris and Shelby for winning this year's drawing for a Valentine’s Giveaway (a romantic getaway to The Anniversary Inn) with their couple photo entry! Over 100 new couples photos have been added to the StrengtheningMarriage.com Couples Photos page for our recent 2011 random drawing. Check out the fun new photos and locate your picture (if you sent one in). It's inspiring to see all these fun couples and fabulous photos! We encourage everyone to continue to send in their favorite husband/wife photos for our Couples Photos page. All entries will automatically be entered in next year’s Anniversary Inn getaway drawing. Click for -- “Couples Photos” Page
	StrengtheningMarriage.com 25% Off Discount at The Anniversary Inn We are thrilled to announce that The Anniversary Inn is offering our StrengtheningMarriage.com fans a fabulous discount at all their Anniversary Inn locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, Logan, Utah and Boise, Idaho! You can now enjoy a 25% off discount on any romantic, luxurious Anniversary Inn suite (any night, any location, Sappire level suites excluded)! Check out all the fun themed suites by Clicking Here! Even if you weren’t selected as the winner of this year's Valentine’s Day giveaway, you can still be a winner by reserving a room at The Anniversary Inn for you and your honey! To reserve your romantic getaway you can either call 1-800-324-4152 to reserve your suite and ask for the “StrengtheningMarriage.com” discount, or you can make your reservation online then call to have the “StrengtheningMarriage.com” discount added to your account. Click for -- Anniversary Inn Discount (and some of our Anniversary Inn photos!)
	Next Couples' Valentine's Cruise #5 -- Feb 2013 We had a wonderful Couples Valentine's Cruise this past February to the Eastern/Southern Caribbean, but we missed YOU, and hope you will join us for our next Couples Cruise in February 2013. Details for the Feb 2013 Couples Cruise should be available early 2012, so stay tuned! You can check out some of the fun photos from the 2011 cruise here! Click for -- “Cruise Information” Page
	The Latest and Greatest Episodes! -- "The Marital Intimacy Show" with Laura M. Brotherson #1 Show on The WIN If you want an easy way to make your intimate relationship even better, listen to these fun, short episodes of The Marital Intimacy Show on The Women's Information Network (The WIN). You can listen online or you can download the episodes to take them with you. Be sure to click the "Like" button on your favorites! Here are the latest offerings: #056 Differences in Sexual Wiring – Bridling vs. Awakening Sexual Energy #055 Sexual Surrender #054 Healthy Sex #053 What He Really Wants for Christmas #052 50 Reasons to Make Love #051 The Agony and the Ecstasy of ONEness in Marriage Click for -- "Quick List" of all "Marital Intimacy Show" episodes
	New Blog Posts -- "Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog" You can also find lots of marriage-strengthening information and insights on "Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog." Here are some of the latest posts: Celebrating 50 Years of Marriage Open Forum 3 Discussion The Kissing Closet StrengtheningMarriage.com Discount at The Anniversary Inn One Real but Wrinkled Wife or a Harem of Airbrushed Virtual Goddesses? Never Too Early… 50 Reasons to Make Love What to Get Your Santa-Honey for Christmas! A Favorite Marriage Blog Finalist Recreating “The Kiss” Want Porn Out? Let Wife In! Click for -- "Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog"
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	Marriage Resources Love You, Hate the Porn A pornography addiction can feel like real infidelity to a spouse. There's nothing virtual about the damage done to a relationship, and the wounds are reopened each time a relapse is discovered. As tough as it is to overcome this addictive habit, healing a marriage damaged by pornography is even harder. For spouses, it's not enough for their partners to simply stop looking at porn. They need healing themselves. Love You, Hate the Porn by Mark Chamberlain, PhD, and Geoff Steurer, LMFT, shows couples how to identify and address vulnerabilities in their relationship, provides help for the struggling partner to avoid relapse, and focuses on how to make the marriage relationship stronger than it was before. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save My Marriage Today! Do you remember the love that brought the two of you together? Does it seem but a distant memory? You can be close again! Nobody ever said it would be easy, and certainly nothing prepares you for the life changes that you undertake in marriage. There is no manual that comes with the marriage license that tells you how to make things work. So you blunder on, doing the best you can. But what if that’s not enough? You can reignite the passion. Let Amy Waterman help you. Amy has created a valuable tool that will change your marriage and change your life! See it for yourself. Visit Save My Marriage and turn your marriage around today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dating Dice Spice things up with these "Dating Dice" to add some fun and romance to your marriage! These Mini Dating Dice come with a set of 4 idea cards ("Dating Dice," "Romance Dice," "Kissing Dice," and "Family Fun") each with 12 fun ideas to put some playfulness back into your relationship. The idea cards can be customized upon request with specific activities or different cards for an additional $1. StrengtheningMarriage.com fans receive a 20% Discount using the coupon code: "marriage." Great gift idea! Order your Dating Dice today!
	Advertise on StrengtheningMarriage.com If you would like to advertise your product or service in future editions of this newsletter or on our StrengtheningMarriage.com website, you can get the details here. We're happy to promote the many great resources available for strengthening marriages and building strong families. We can help you get the word out about your information, products and services. With this low-cost advertising on our high traffic site (averaging 300,000 hits a month, and 10,000 hits per day), this is a great opportunity that you won't find anywhere else! Click for -- Advertising Info on StrengtheningMarriage.com
	Newsletter Archive Stay tuned for more intimacy insights in upcoming Strengthening Marriage Newsletters! Click here to visit the e-Newsletter archive. If you missed the last newsletter, you can catch it here: "Raising the Bar on Date Night" -- Marriage Newsletter #38 (Nov '10) "Straight Talk about Strengthening Marriage" newsletters are designed to help strengthen marriages intimately and build strong families--written by Laura M. Brotherson, marriage and intimacy expert and bestselling author of the book "And They Were Not Ashamed - Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment." Visit StrengtheningMarriage.com to learn more. REPLIES -- Please send any direct messages to Laura at StrengtheningMarriage dot com SUBSCRIBE - If this email was forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe, Click Here -- Newsletter Sign-up page UNSUBSCRIBE - You are receiving this newsletter per your subscription or your contact with StrengtheningMarriage.com. If you would like to unsubscribe, click on the unsubscribe link in the footer of this email. Your email address will be placed on a permanent unsubscribe list and you will not be able to re-subscribe with that email address. Copyright © 2011 Strengthening Marriage, Inc. All outgoing messages scanned by Norton AntiVirus.