Is it realistic to expect that you’ll stay attracted to your spouse through all of life’s changes?

I’m a firm believer in the fact that I should be my husband’s biggest fan.  Low or high, poor or rich, wrong or right, I’m going to stay by his side.  Obviously there are a few show stoppers to that–I’m not stupid–yet as long as we’re growing together and traveling in the same direction of purpose, I’m with him, thick and thin.
That being the case, I’ve learned through the five short years we have been married that in order for me to express that sentiment,  I have to do …

By Tara Pringle Jefferson
Everyone always says, “Opposites attract,” but they never tell you what to do when you’re in love with someone who could not be more different from you.
For example, look at me and my husband. I’m pretty much the Energizer Bunny. Always on the go. Always. My husband complains that he can’t help me with the housework because I flit around the house so much he’s not even sure what I’m doing or where I’m going next.
My husband, on the other hand, moves so slow it should be …

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
When both of my younger sisters went to college, I gave them each three pieces of advice.
1. Don’t buy textbooks from the college bookstore. If you do, buy used. But otherwise, hit up the library or the web. Or share a book with a classmate.
2. Start off strong. It’s easier to have a fantastic freshman year and have a stumble a little later, than it is to stumble right out the gate and have to spend the rest of your college years catching up.
Which brings me to …

Minneapolis/St Paul TV newscast exposes several false beliefs surround marriage.  Great Video!
Myth #1: You really should live together before you get married.
Myth #2: Don’t get hitched until you can afford it.
Myth #3: Marriage is like fruit. Once it’s rotten, it can’t get ripe again.
Myth #4: Women have the most to gain from marriage.
Myth #5: Your kids actively want you to remarry after divorce.
Click here for the video…

by Aja Dorsey Jackson
After watching the Rihanna interview on Friday I went online to see what the masses had to say, as I usually do when I see something happen in the media. Although I was not surprised, it was still troubling to see the large number of Black women commenting online almost with contempt for the pop star. Despite the fact that we’ve all seen the pictures, despite the fact that at no point has Chris Brown denied her claims or claimed to have been defending himself against her, …

There are times when life’s routine can take its toll on a marital relationship.  Things can become humdrum and “business as usual.”  It’s during those times when the importance of keeping the “honey” in the “moon” of your marriage alive.  Now, I don’t know the origin of the word “honeymoon,” but I did a little research on some unconventional uses of honey.  Here are a few ways we can apply these uses to our marriages:

Honey has a calming power:  how many of us need to just calm down …

One day, when going through my parents’ old photographs, I found a picture of my teenaged parents sitting together on a couch in my grandparents’ house. Now, they’ve known each other since they were 12, so hanging out together was probably a frequent occurrence by that point. What was striking about the picture is that my dad had a suit on and my mom had on a dress that only a tad bit too informal for a prom or some other school dance.
“Were you about to go out?” I asked …

Here are some specific steps for you to take to help end the Civil War between Black Males-Female Relationships…

Tips on how to save a failing marriage.