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Affair-Proofing Your Marriage

February 4, 2010 By dena Leave a Comment

Recent studies estimate that 45 percent of married women and approximately 54 percent of married men engage in extramarital sex at some time or another during their marriage, according to Hitched. Shocking, isn't it? Nothing destroys a marriage faster than marital infidelity, and these statistics are truly frightening. But it is possible to "affair-proof" your marriage, says Sharon M. Rivkin, M.A., M.F.T. In order to make that happen, you need to know what can cause an affair in the first … [Read more...]

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Learn to Fight Fair!

January 3, 2010 By dena Leave a Comment

Trust is probably the most important ingredient in building an intimate relationship between husband and wife. The essence of building trust is summed up in one idea by Dov Heller, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles: Create a safe emotional space for your spouse. Many people wrongly believe that in a good marriage, you can "relax" and do not have to monitor everything you say and do. Nothing could be farther from the truth! In a good … [Read more...]