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25 Pieces of Advice From Marrieds to Newlyweds

11 Things To Do When You Feel Your Marriage Drifting Apart

Have you ever laid awake in bed next to your husband and wonder if you’re drifting apart? Or maybe you didn’t have to wonder. Maybe you really really knew that you were drifting apart. And it scared the crap out of you. You never imagined that happening before you got married, but you can kind of understand why it’s happening now.

How To Be a More Fun and Spontaneous Wife

When I took a moment to slow down my mommy-whirlwind, I realized that I wasn’t leaving any time to be fun with my husband like we used to be when we were daing or first married. And who wants to have a fun-less marriage?? Not me. And I know my husband doesn’t either. He didn’t propose to me to get a live-in house cleaner and nanny. I’m guessing your hubs didn’t propose for that reason either. So, I’ve made a list of ways that we can remember to be a more fun wife!

How Third Wave Feminism is Killing Marriage

My goal here at Living the Sweet Wife is to help marriages thrive. But something’s been making that a lot harder lately. You wanna know what that thing is? Feminism.

How I Defeated Codependency and Pornography Addiction

What’s a girl to do when she’s the only one she knows who struggles with pornography? I knew I couldn’t be the only one. But I still had no idea who to talk to or what to do. Not only that, but I found myself being terrified of being single and latched myself onto anyone who would show affection.

5 things to do instead of having an argument with your husband in your head

I don’t know about your husband, but my husband is not always there to be a part of all the fights we have. Like, literally, he has no part in them. Because I’m so angry that I really don’t want to talk to him at the moment and have the fight that I’m having in my mind actually with him. These moments are where I’m able to come up with the best come backs (although he never actually said anything……) come up with the best pointed arguments, and honestly be a bit meaner than I ever would be in person. Safe to say that not a whole lot of good actually comes from these mental fights I have with him. So in an effort to avoid prolonging the anger I have for my husband in my mind, I do a few of these things I listed below: