Article source: FoxNews.com “One of my biggest regrets after more than 30 years of marriage, is that I didn’t take pre-marital counseling seriously” For 31 years of being married, my wife and I never talked about sex. For the first time, we both thought our marriage was finally solid. After years of secrets and affairs and bringing our own traumas into our marriage, we went to a marriage conference, for once, not because our relationship was barely hanging on by a thread, but to get encouraging information that we could share with other couples as we started our own marriage ministry. Then there was Saturday night. “I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH MY WIFE, BUT ON OUR WEDDING NIGHT WE KNEW IT WAS A MISTAKE” The
How your childhood affects your marriage is evident, as our past experiences and upbringing significantly shape the dynamics of our relationships, particularly in marriage. The influences we were exposed to growing up can affect how we perceive and navigate relationships. In this article, we will explore how two very different childhoods shaped the marriage of Kath and me, yet both brought challenges into the union, starting from day one. We go into much greater detail in chapters two and three of our book, “Sex on the First Date.” Unresolved Childhood Issues: The Hidden Burdens We Brought to Our Marriage My Upbringing: Growing up, my childhood was marked by a series of changes and challenges that led to many transitions and even a survival mentality that started
Marriage transformation stories often begin with a journey of ups and downs, twists and turns that test the strength and resilience of the bond between two individuals. My wife Kath and I had all those and more; our marriage faced more than our share of challenges over the years, some easy, some not so easy, and some would think almost impossible to overcome. However, it was through the power of proper counseling and finding unfound faith that we could navigate through the most brutal of marital storms and ultimately emerge stronger than ever before. Our journey toward healing began when we sought Christian counseling from Jake and Jennifer, a couple who specialized in guiding struggling marriages back on track. For two years, we diligently attended
“We were so in love when we started dating, but by our wedding night, both of us knew we had made a mistake.” Just because your marriage had a lousy start doesn’t mean it has to have a lousy finish. By Tim Bush Sex on the First Date. It’s not the ideal way to start a marriage, but you probably know that. What you may not know is that just because your marriage had a lousy start doesn’t mean it has to have a lousy finish. Our marriage has never been perfect, and our guess is that neither has yours. During the first 27 years of our marriage, we were on a search to find ourselves through drugs, alcohol, multiple affairs, and many failed self-help
When I was growing up, I said that I believed in God, but I didn’t understand my beliefs. I really connected church with God, though I actually attended very little. I thought church was either for the really good people or for the weaker people who needed something. In my mind, it was something I was going to work on later, when I was older. Older people seemed to be the ones that went to church anyway, maybe, I thought, because they had nothing else to do. We seemed to go an average of about 1.3 times a month, which means once a month, on Christmas, on Easter, and sometimes in “big hurts” when we were searching for something, but we didn’t know what. As