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[8 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | 562 views]
Love Tips From Twitter

Ran across an article on MSN that shared some love tips from twitter. The best thing about these tips is that they are short and sweet! In true Twitter fashion they are 140 characters or less. See below.
Wish you could broadcast to the world that great piece of advice you got on your wedding day? Some users of twitter.com, a website where you can post your whereabouts, state of mind, or opinions — 140 characters at a time — are sharing relationship wisdom there. We gathered some of the smartest …

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[7 Oct 2009 | 15 Comments | 727 views]
Do You Know What Today Is?

Two years ago today my husband and I got married outside on what was probably the hottest October day in recent history…

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[5 Oct 2009 | 7 Comments | 1,439 views]
The Marriage Rules According To Beyonce

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
Say what you want about Beyonce, but the woman is a dynamo. While her acting chops might be a little suspect and folks debate her vocal talent, she’s made a few savvy relationship moves that young ladies today would do good to take note on. (Excuse me if this post is a bit dramatic – I’m probably B’s biggest fan.)
1. She had her own before the ring. Jay-Z is a mega-millionaire, regularly making top 100 lists for fortune and fame, often considered one of the top 5 …

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[29 Sep 2009 | 5 Comments | 520 views]
If Your Marriage Were a Reality TV Show….

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
Picture this: Executives at VH-1 or Bravo contact you and say that you’ve been on their radar for a while now, they think you’re interesting and they want to offer you a chance to star in your own reality show.
After thinking it over for a little while, you and your partner agree.
Now pause. When the cameras roll, what will they see? When the show’s producers sit down to create an episode, what will they have to choose from?
Will they see a husband who routinely ignores his wife, …

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[23 Sep 2009 | 25 Comments | 1,468 views]
Marriage Is More Than Just Work

by Aja Jackson
In the months leading up to our wedding, my husband and I received a lot of advice about marriage from married folks. The advice that they gave varied a little, but there was one thing that I heard over and over: marriage takes work. While knowing that there was work involved was helpful, only hearing about the work sometimes felt a little disheartening. I started to wonder, after all of that work, was there anything fun about marriage?
I know that I have only been married for two years, …

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[18 Sep 2009 | 12 Comments | 965 views]
The Casket Dropped–Profile of a True Marriage

Harriet looks at the marriage of Patrick Swayze

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[17 Sep 2009 | 12 Comments | 568 views]
Are You Ready For Some Football?

Brian Westbrook shrugs off some Redskins bama!
by Tara Pringle Jefferson
I usually hate football season because my husband is a die-hard fan. He loves the San Francisco 49ers, but will watch any game, any team, any time, no matter their record or chances of reaching the Superbowl.
The first few seasons we were together, I whined and complained about being a football widow. He, in turn, ignored me, and watched games until he fell asleep. So I wised up, started learning the players’ names and strengths and was …

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[16 Sep 2009 | 21 Comments | 1,315 views]
Strong, Black, Submissive?

by Aja Jackson
sub?mit
[suhb-mit] Use submit in a SentenceSee web results for submitSee images of submit–verb (used with object)

1.

to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).

Since my husband and I moved into our new home in August we have locked horns about the neutral wall color to use throughout the house. I, after spending way more time than one person should watching HGTV and reading home design magazines, feel that I have come up with the perfect blend of alternating French Vanilla …

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[14 Sep 2009 | 9 Comments | 831 views]
Why You Need To Have a Date Night

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
Before we had kids, I took our dates for granted. I would think nothing of it when my then-boyfriend, now-husband suggested we hit Olive Garden on Friday, or swing by the local Mexican joint on a Saturday.
Now? We have to find a babysitter, get them there (or have them come over), find some decent going out clothes to throw on, and that’s if we’re not too tired from working all week.
But when we do manage to go out, it’s magic. It reminds me …

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[11 Sep 2009 | 10 Comments | 605 views]
Should You Treat Your Husband Like a 2-year-old?

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
My co-worker and I were talking about how we wanted our husbands to help us around the house – and with the kids – more.
She told how her husband surprised her by making dinner, cleaning up the kitchen and then taking out the trash.
“I totally went overboard with the praise,” she said. “I was literally clapping my hands and praising him like I do with our son when he pees in the toilet. I was all, ‘Good job! I’m so proud of you!’”
We laughed about how hard …