according to the national center for family and marriage research, between 1965 and 1974, only 11 percent of women lived with their partner before their first marriage. of course, it’s not for everyone, and not every couple who chooses to co-sign on an apartment lease before they co-sign on a marriage license will actually make it to the altar. patrick ishizuka, a postdoctoral fellow at the cornell population center, explored the topic through an economic lens in his study. in …

premarital counseling is a form of therapy designed to help couples enhance their readiness for marriage. the experience of premarital counseling helps to foster a more favorable attitude toward therapy in general. before walking down the aisle, it is a good idea for couples to agree on what types of decisions need to be made together and how they will go about making such decisions. is it expected that one or both partners will change jobs in the future, perhaps …

the better news is: in this post, i’m going to share with you how to solve these new issues with grace and ease. he said he’s mad he needs to tell me where he is, and i expressed it makes me feel safe to know. and the great news for you is: i can point to the exact challenges in our first year living together that taught us so many of the relationship lessons that have carried us through nearly …

a christian man and woman should not get married for the sole purpose of sexual intercourse. love and lust are not the same thing. christian singles need to be extremely careful as they navigate their feelings toward the opposite sex as it could lead to feelings of lust rather than love. love is the polar opposite of lust. it is not based on sexual desires or cravings of the flesh.

sexual desires, cravings of the flesh, and inappropriate sexual behavior …

tune into any tv show, the radio, or your twitter feed, and the message is clear: if you’re in a relationship, you should be having hot, mind-blowing, on-top-of-the-table sex … all the time. in fact, one survey found that 30 percent of male participants in their 40s and 34 percent in their 50s who were in a relationship hadn’t had sex the previous year. for women in their 40s and 50s, about 21 percent reported no sex with their partner …