Like most girls, I had been dreaming about my future engagement for almost a decade. I had hidden a computer folder with pictures of rings, a makeup box full of products for the perfect wedding skin, and a best friend who knows my ring size by heart. After Thanksgiving dinner this past November, my boyfriend…
Q: My fiancé and I have been fighting daily, it’s beginning to worry me. Is this going to be a problem in our marriage? A (Gary Chapman): All couples have conflicts. But arguing with raised voices and harsh words is not the way to solve conflicts. In my book: Things I Wish I’d Known Before…
When you see someone who you know is engaged, one of the first questions you typically ask (in an excitable tone) is “Will you tell me the proposal story?!” I ask my engaged friends the same thing and expect the entire story with all of the juicy details… Joe’s post-op physical therapy appointment would last over…
For the sake of being open, and as I am writing this article from a perspective based on personal experiences (rather than research), you will be likely to find assumptions that may not apply to you. My hope is that you’ll take away anything helpful and leave the rest. During these past months of engagement, truths have been revealed to me and…
My husband and I were visiting his parents back when he and I were still just engaged. It was a normal visit, a normal day, a normal moment. The four of us walked along, talking about this and that, and my father-in-law cracked a joke. I stopped dead in my tracks. “What did you say?”…
