One of my favorite marriage bloggers is Sheila Wray Gregoire of To Love, Honor and Vacuum. I often recommend her excellent book, The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex, especially for wives embarking on the marriage journey. She recently released another book, 9 Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage, which she discussed a bit in her guest post […]
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On Thursday, I popped onto my Facebook page and asked: Sixty (60) comments later, I’d learned a few things about y’all and our marriages. It was enlightening what your answers to my random question revealed. As usual, I can find takeaways that could apply to other parts of marriage, including the marital bedroom. Love language
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Today’s question is from me. Or rather, questions. For two reasons: It takes a loooong time to write my responses to certain questions, because I don’t believe in pat answers. Sometimes I do research, Bible study, and a whole lot of thinking as part of my blog posts here. Since I had my annual mammogram this morning
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Today’s question fills me with a heavy sadness. Yet I know this wife isn’t the only one with this kind of marriage. I’ve been married for almost 10 years. It’s been rocky for 8. We have two beautiful children and love Jesus and we both want things to be better but almost don’t know where
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How that’s title for entering the fray? In case you haven’t heard, Josh Duggar — who got into loads of trouble for past inappropriate sexual behavior with young girls — has now been discovered to be a paid client of Ashley Madison, an online dating site for extramarital affairs. A single Google search shows this is
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Today’s question is from a concerned father: I have 3 daughters who I want the very best for in marriage. How do I send them off when the time comes. Part of me wants to sit them down and tell them all about everything sexual and part of me says let them discover it on
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With today’s question, I’m leaving a lot out, because the wife’s explanation of her heartbreaking circumstances was over 1000 words. But to give you an overall picture, below are her words in italics and my summaries in between. From the very start, sex was painful for me, but not in the usual way I suppose. I
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Let’s tackle a tough one today: What do you do about that woman who won’t stop touching your husband? Especially if he’s had a history with her… My husband has had some past transgressions (sex with other women while he and I were dating) and viewing porn online, attending strip clubs, and flirting, inappropriate touching, and
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Today’s question is from a wife who was put on bed rest during a complicated pregnancy. She wants to know what to do about their sexual intimacy when everything is off the table. “Not only is intercourse forbidden, but any arousal on my part causes pain and strong contracting. It has been six weeks, so
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Welcome back to Q&A with J. This reader’s email was longer and included some details, but I suspect several wives will relate to this wife’s feelings about sex in her marriage. “The thought of having sex does nothing for me. It’s only when we start or get into it when I actually am ok with
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