Written by Your Marriage Matters intern: Kristen Elliott I can’t help but get excited when I think about getting married someday. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for quite awhile now (5 years to be exact), and we’ve been dreaming about marriage ever since our first date. What about marriage is so appealing that both young […]
Loving your spouse should be easy, right? Afterall, you chose to marry him/her. There seems to be a cultural myth that loving your spouse should be easy if they are “the right person”. People leave relationship after relationship hoping that the next set of arms they fall into will be “the one” and therefore will […]
“I love you, I’m just not in love with you.” I hear this phrase uttered all too often, as if it’s an emotional balm that will somehow soothe the heartache that was just unleashed. I’ve long cringed at the dishonesty and […]
As I sit here on a cold, wet and dreary February morning in central PA, trying to write an inspiring invitation to celebrate National Marriage Month, I was faced with a perplexing question: why February to celebrate marriage? It’s often dreary, still dark, and possesses a lingering post-Christmas holiday depression. Not exactly Hollywood romance material. Looking […]