Ask The Readers: Questions And Post Suggestions
Hello my wonderful readers. From time to time I receive emails from readers asking about various marriage and/or life situations. Also among these emails have been a few post suggestions. I greatly appreciate these questions and the ideas you have helped generate for previous posts.
So, for this week’s ask the readers question: I humbly ask for you to submit questions or ideas for future posts in the comments below.
While I can not promise you I will be able to answer all your questions or use every idea for future posts, I will attempt to cover as many as I can. Thank you for making the Simple Marriage Project what it has become thus far. With your help, who knows what is possible.
Corey is the editor of Simple Marriage as well as a licensed marriage & family therapist. While he has a Ph.D. in Family Therapy, he only occasionally likes to be called doctor. If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe so you don't miss any future posts.10 Responses to “Ask The Readers: Questions And Post Suggestions”
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How about a post on the in-laws that are in your business and your spouse has a difficut time setting the boundaries?
I second the in-law suggestion!
How do you know when to end it? that it’s the best for all involved? communication, sex, priorities, values are not in sync. I don’t think either of us was “ready” for marriage and now it’s almost 10 years later… I stay because of our history and the kids. youngest kiddo is off to college in a year. Phew
What to do when you and your spouse aren’t “peas in a pod”. How to build trust in a marriage when one spouse lies about minor things often to stay out of trouble.
I know this blog is geared more towards those already married, but I read it to help me prepare.
With that in mind, my girlfriend and I have been together for quite some time. I think I’m ready to make the big commitment, but she’s hesitant. Sometimes, her hesitance rubs off on me, and it can make me less sure that I’m ready, too. So, my question is: how can you know when your relationship is ready for marriage? I imagine that it varies greatly with the couple, but what would you say are general “requirements” that any couple needs, and what specifically helped YOU know?
My husband and I are exploring how to balance our relationships with our best friends and our relationship with each other. We both have best friends whom the other spouse doesn’t dislike, but also isn’t their favorite person in the world. Yet we both seem to feel an obligation to get along with, like, and be decent friends with the other’s best friend, and it’s an interesting balance. Since his best friend is newer than mine, I’m still coming to terms with how I feel about sharing him, and what my relationship with them should be like, when they’re not my favorite person in the world.
How do you become intimate with your partner again when, for various unavoidable reasons, you haven’t been intimate for over 12 months. How do you get past the “this feels weird” stage to return to the level of intimacy you had before?
Happy to provide more details if you need them, have included my email address
Thanks!
I have another one. How about a post on living with a spouse who has a really low self image/concept/esteem Eyore thing going.
I’d love to see a post about how to help (or just live with!) a spouse who has a difficulty like ADD/ADHD.
Or about how to re-establish emotional intimacy after a crisis that has resulted in spouses feeling like they need to protect each other from their negative emotions (and has thus totally cramped their ability to work out problems).
Or how to handle one’s emotional needs and important but difficult (and thought-requiring) conversations when one’s spouse is so burned out and stressed from work that he (or she) doesn’t have anything left to give.
Or how to encourage a spouse who doesn’t seem very motivated to make lifestyle changes that are hard but necessary for longterm health.
Or how to foster mutual spiritual growth when one person’s experiences and style are very different from the other’s.
Or how to send articles about marriage to your spouse without implying he’s a total loser who needs to get a clue? LOL!
Maybe you’ve posted about these subjects before. While I’ve read quite a few posts, I haven’t read them all.
I have a question. My wife did something unordinary today or was it?
She visited my best friend at work for so called DIRECTIONS to a voting center..when she knew I knew how to get there as well. She said she was in the area…
My best friend told me this when I called him for our normal “what’s Up” he slipped in there that he had to go home for lunch for some reason and mentioned the wife thing…but it was unsolicted info.. So..when i called her I asked what she was up too…and she told me she went to the store…oh this was after I called about 3 or 4 times and got a call back 1 hour later because her phone was on “silent” supposedly. Anyways..I had to question here like ” is that all you did” and then she revealed everything else… Now this is very unordinary from my knowledge and in my 5 year relationship with her..she has never done this to my knowledge…sooo…I’m wondering from the hesitansy of telling me and my friend slipping unsolicted info that I should be wondering something…your thoughts??..Please help…am I just jealous or what…ladies would be nice to answer this question. thanks..