Comments on: Are You Making These Marriage Mistakes?

By: Rob Elkington

Rob Elkington — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:11:13 +0000

Hey Corey,

Can I reproduce your BLOG Post for a Seminar series entitled “Life on Purpose” that we are conducting? Tonight we are discussing: Marriage on Purpose. We have about 20 people in attendance each week. We will properly reference your material.

Thanks,
Rob

By: The Missing Piece in Conflicts | Mormon Bloggers

The Missing Piece in Conflicts | Mormon Bloggers — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:30:47 +0000

[...] always right, what’s that make your spouse? So what’s it like being married to a loser?” (Are You Making These Marriage Mistakes?) The same can apply to other relationships, just as well. The sting of assumptions cause more than [...]

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By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:07:46 +0000

I agree with the respect more so for men than women. Being divorced (now re-married) I see how we made many of those mistakes on that list.

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:43:28 +0000

@Pennie- The beautiful thing is, work on you and you’re working on your relationship.

By: Pennie

Pennie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:09:36 +0000

That video is a sad representation of my marriage at times.

Heartbreaking.

By: wesleyjeanne

wesleyjeanne — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:45:47 +0000

Of course, now I have told I-don’t-know-how-many-people that my hubby and I are not having sex. That’s probably divulging too much on the Internet.

By: wesleyjeanne

wesleyjeanne — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:26:21 +0000

I was releived to see that my hubby and I actually do a great job of avoiding these. And I think you’re absolutely right on them.
Except maybe the sex thing. Frankly for some of us it really depends on the time of our lives. While my husband and I are certainly affectionate and desire ech other, we have very young children (ages 4 and 2) and full lives (both work and my husband is also in grad school) and little time for sex. Honestly I don’t think that has a negative effect on our marriage. We know our sex lives will pick up eventually, we know that we still desire one another, and as I said, we are still physically affectionate. Neither of us wants to look for it elsewhere (or feels the need to). Sex is just not a priority right now. And I don’t think that’s so bad.

(oh, and for those of you who might say to ask my husband if he feels the same way–I did and he does, and yes, I believe he’s being honest with me).

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:02:31 +0000

@Nicole- The story telling simply gets in the way of the connection. There are times when the details and story are a great part of the exchange, and then others when you need to get to the point and move on. It depends on what each party is looking for in the conversation at the moment. Often, the too much detail and story telling really serves no purpose, it just gets in the way and takes time.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:07:02 +0000

This is great. I have certainly found the issue of respect to be a vital one. And more and more, I learn we need to work on boundaries and decisions about the role that outside family plays in our relationship.
I’d love more detail about the storytelling one. I’m not exactly sure I get it. Perhaps you can provide more detail in future posts.

I’m blogging today about how the Bible is not an idiot’s guide:
http://burningbushes.org/