Old & New Marriage Traditions

January 8, 2009

Primer Magazine is running a feature on an old newspaper clipping that has been circulating the internet for years called The Good Wife’s Guide.  It’s an old school take on how wives are “supposed to” behave.  It’s positively medieval in some places, but I think a lot of it is not far off.  There’s nothing [...]

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It’s the Little Things That Kill A Marriage

January 7, 2009

Just like it’s the little things that make a marriage great, it’s the little things that make a marriage hell. I once heard someone say that you should find out something that annoys your spouse and make sure you do it every once in a while. Now, I can say with absolute certainty that I [...]

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The Little Things in Marriage

January 5, 2009

The following is a conversation that I had with my wife: Wife: You have more hair. Me: Of course I do. Wife: No, I mean you have more hair on your back and shoulders. Me: Well, yeah. I’m getting older. Wife: What do you mean? Me: I mean, when guys get older, they grow more [...]

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Featured on Stay Happily Married & CNN

January 2, 2009

Check out my guest appearance on the Stay Happily Married podcast, where I talk about the 4 Step Relationship Review.  You can listen to it here, or you can download it on iTunes or download it here.  Listen and let me know what you think! To those readers who came here from the Stay Happily [...]

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Retrospective: Chivalry is Dead Because Men Are Killing It

December 31, 2008

The one year anniversary of A Good Husband came and went without much fanfare (first post here).  This has been a modest project by any measurement, but I am glad that it has been met with well wishes by so many of you.  For the next few days, until after the New Year, I want [...]

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