The good news is that
divorce rates in England and Wales are at their lowest for 26 years as
reported by the Guardian in August 08. However, there are still 11.9 divorces to every 1000 married men and women in the UK. The toughest economic question for those 11.9 couples is “Do we sell or rent out the house??

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One of the major mistakes couples make is fooling themselves into believing all the love and romance they expeienced during the dating stage of their relationship will get them thru the marriage phase. That’s wishful thinking to the extreme.

Forty nine percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. While that number may pale in comparison to Sweden’s sixty four percent, it is still off the charts.  

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In the past
you were single?

?and you could make decisions without having to check in
with anyone.  

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One of the biggest myths of our generation is that “love will keep us together,” as popularized by pop singers The Captain and Tenille, among others.  Keeping a relationship healthy requires effective effort.  A professional relationship coach shares his advice for couples who want to make sure their relationship keeps going well.

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Whether you’re creating a Target bridal registry or a fancy registry at Nordstrom’s or Waterford Crystal, the same rules apply.

It doesn’t matter if you’re building a Target bridal registry or a registry at Bergdorf Goodman, the same etiquette principles will always apply. You should provide your guests with a range of price points, options and variety that reflect you and your personal style.

To learn more about what you should and shouldn’t be putting on your Target bridal registry, along with some simple registry etiquette rules and answers to your frequently asked questions, keep reading.

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How can you tell your spouse that there are problems in the marriage without making the problems even bigger?

You love your spouse, but your relationship is not the way you want it to be.  How can you tell your spouse without making things worse?  Some people are so afraid of upsetting their spouse that they suffer for years in silence.  Ironically, sometimes both partners suffer in silence over the same problem, only to find out years later when the silence is finally broken.  The time of longsuffering relationships is over and couples are realizing that without open discussion, their relationship will be dead in the water.  All the same, communication is both a skill and an art.–one that many couples don’t have in proportion to their need.

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Is your spouse or partner in denial about your relationship problems?  Does he or she just want to blame you?  You can take positive, effective action now.

Many people feel like their relationship with their partner or spouse is stuck in neutral and going nowhere fast.  They think to themselves that if only their partner would work a little on the relationship, it could be much better for the both of them.  But, their partner either denies that there are any relationship problems, or blames any problems there are on the other.  How can a man or woman help their relationship in such a situation?

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Once the Cycle of Conflict is broken, we can begin to cross the bridge to Create an Emotionally Intelligent Relationship. 

Never is it too late to change.  As we’ve learned, once the Cycle of Conflict is broken,we can begin to cross the bridge to Create an Emotionally Intelligent Relationship. 

Grasping the importance of identifying and satisfying each other’s relationship needs is the third step in learning each other’s Relationship Languages.  Your goal is to define the recurring problems in the relationship and learn techniques for successful compromise.  In doing so, you’ll gain the long anticipated access to cross the bridge to a life in your field of sunflowers.

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