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- 5 Ways A Good Marriage Can Improve Your Life - by Submitted on May 27, 2018 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzFinding the right lifelong partner can be one of the smartest moves a man or a woman can make. After a lengthy review of the current research, as well as the findings from our own 34 years of research on marriage, here are the five top ways a good marriage can enhance your life: 1. You can ...
Views: 1466(2 votes) - ***The Empty Nest Syndrome Is Overrated - by Submitted on May 27, 2018 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. The truth is, for many couples, the empty nest is a time of great “re-discovery” of the love for each other. You and your spouse are finally alone after two decades of marriage because the children have all left home. Now what? This is a question ...
Views: 1886(5 votes) - ***Don’t Ever Say These Things To Your Spouse - by Submitted on May 27, 2018 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Words Matter! What you say to the one you love is important! Negative and hurtful statements can have the power to cut through the very fabric of the bond between two people in love. Words can damage and potentially destroy the foundation of your ...
Views: 1759(5 votes) - ***Marriage Is Alive and Well In France - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Recently, we traveled again to Europe to conduct more interviews with successfully married couples. Since we had not been to France in several years, we were beginning to believe the media reports about how the French did not like Americans. So, we ...
Views: 1617(5 votes) - ***Can You Save Your Marriage? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Most marriages and relationships are worth saving and can be saved, but not all!” Failing marriages involving sexual, physical or mental abuse are simply not worth saving. In fact, to attempt to save them puts one or both partners in the ...
Views: 1677(6 votes) - ***Fall In Love All Over Again - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. It is hard to accept by many, but love sometimes ends. Marriages fail. Relationships collapse. The flames of love die out. What started out with so much promise sometimes ends in disaster. Couples who fell passionately in love once now find ...
Views: 1713(8 votes) - ***Learning to Dance: Love and Marriage - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Over the past 32 years, we have studied successful marriage in the United States and around the world. In our just-released book entitled How to Marry the Right Guy , we describe the thirty-three indicators a woman should look for in choosing her ...
Views: 1863(6 votes) - ***Reflections On A Half-Century Of Marriage - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. When we said our marriage vows 48 years ago and promised “Until Death Do Us Part,” we never imagined those 48 years would go by so quickly. But they did. This year, we will celebrate our 48th Wedding Anniversary. Just imagine, being successfully ...
Views: 1658(7 votes) - ***Love and Inspiration in Morocco! - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. We have often wondered over the years if the “stuff” that makes marriages work in the Judeo-Christian tradition around the world applies to marriages in predominately Muslim countries. Our first country in which we interviewed married Muslim couples ...
Views: 1776(7 votes) - ***Marriage in France is Alive and Well - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Our recent trip to France reinforced for us something we already anticipated – marriage is alive and well in France. Recently, we again traveled to Europe to conduct more interviews with successfully married couples for our new book entitled, How ...
Views: 1845(6 votes) - ***Until Death Do Us Part - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. When we take our marriage vows – “until death do us part” – we never imagine that some day it will all come to an end. But all marriages and relationships do end, of that you can be sure. So, how do we celebrate life? At the end of every ...
Views: 1273(7 votes) - ***The Perfect Wedding Is Only The Beginning . . . - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Weddings are so joyous! The memories of such a marvelous moment will linger in the minds of most who witnessed it for a lifetime. The photos of the wedding will hang on the wall of their new home, be stored in the photo albums of many, and fill up ...
Views: 1645(6 votes) - ***Character Matters In Love And Marriage - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2014 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. There is an essential character element in love and marriage. People who say they love each other and then lie on a regular basis or cheat on their spouse aren't really in love. Oh, many think they are, but they really are not. People who love ...
Views: 2515(8 votes) - ***Does Trust Matter In Marriage? - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Being honest and trustworthy is at the heart of all the best loving relationships we have studied. In our thousands of interviews with happily married couples, we are always struck by their undying trust in each other. They literally trust each ...
Views: 1788(8 votes) - ***How to Find Love Again - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Following the death of a spouse or the loss of a spouse through divorce, many individuals are “thrown on the street again” when it comes to finding love. And let’s face it; finding love again can be very, very challenging. Finding love the ...
Views: 1699(6 votes) - ***Finding a Co-Author for Your Life by Marrying the Right Guy - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Anyone who gets married and doesn’t understand that their life will be altered in an unalterable ways, henceforth, doesn’t know love – doesn’t understand love. Love and marriage changes everything. Love and marriage changes everything about your ...
Views: 1836(7 votes) - ***How To Marry The Right Guy - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Women often ask, "What is the secret to a happy marriage?" Our immediate answer is always the same, "Marry the right guy!" On the surface this may seem like a flippant answer to such a serious question, but it really isn't. Did you ever wonder ...
Views: 1822(10 votes) - ***The Health Benefits of Being Happily Married - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. A recent report out of Israel suggests that a successful marriage substantially reduces the chances of stroke for men. It seems that if you are a man and UNhappily married, you have a 64% GREATER chance of having a stroke! The report concludes ...
Views: 1863(8 votes) - ***Is Your Prince Charming The Right Guy to Marry? - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. We all know the Cinderella Story. For sure, it is a wonderful story worth telling and re-telling. The story does indeed warm the heart, lift the spirit, and it gives all young women the hope that they will find true love for a lifetime. The ...
Views: 1657(9 votes) - ***Do You Need Time Alone In Your Marriage? - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. In our interviews around the world over the past 30+ years we have come to appreciate the wonderful advice we have received from happily and successfully married couples. At the top of the advice list from these couples is this simple notion – great ...
Views: 1745(25 votes) - ***Making A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Are you tired of making New Year’s resolutions you know you won’t keep? We all do it. How about we do something different this year? This is the time of the year when so many of us make promises to ourselves and to others that we rarely ever ...
Views: 1637(17 votes) - ***The Trials and Tribulations of Having Children in a Marriage - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. One of the many important caveats about marriage is this – children change the dynamics of a marriage. Make no mistake about that. Kids! We love them. We cherish them. They bring joy to our lives. When we have children in a marriage, we ...
Views: 1953(44 votes) - ***Love Is Saying You’re Sorry - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. The most famous line from the wildly popular 1970 book (and subsequent movie), Love Story, by Erich Segal is, “Love means never having to say you are sorry.” As a New York Times number 1 bestseller, the book became the top selling work of fiction ...
Views: 1674(12 votes) - ***The Internet is Full of Fake Experts about Love and Marriage! - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Increasingly, there are folks who post lots of vacuous stuff on the Internet who purport to be experts. They imply through their postings that they are all-knowing – that they have actually written widely about their topic, done the research to ...
Views: 1888(12 votes) - ***Sustaining Love In Tough Economic Times - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. For the past several years the economy has been in decline, the unemployment rate has gone up, and home ownership has taken a dip. Sometimes, watching the Evening News causes one to wonder if the good old USA is in decline, if the financial state of ...
Views: 1510(9 votes) - ***Bullying Never Works In Love - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBullying Never Works In Love By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Bullies--don’t you just hate bullies! They try to get what they want by bullying you, by intimidating you, and by making you feel inferior to them. If you are like us, this NEVER works! Yet, so many good folks ...
Views: 1775(7 votes) - ***The Longest Married Couple in America - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Our heartfelt congratulations to Ann and John Betar of Fairfield, Connecticut on the occasion of their 81st Wedding Anniversary! Worldwide Marriage Encounter has verified that the Betar’s are the longest married couple in America. When they took ...
Views: 1671(5 votes) - ***Toilet Seat Love - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. As we say repeatedly, the little things matter in love and marriage. Do the little things and your marriage or loving relationship will prosper. Charley learned his lesson nearly a half-century ago! He grew up in a rural area of Missouri back ...
Views: 1720(16 votes) - ***Is Your Spouse Your Best Friend? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Here’s the rub – being IN love is easy. It expresses an emotion common to those relationships that have transcended the millennia. Being in love is central to the best marriages – to the best relationships between two people. But being in love is ...
Views: 1685(17 votes) - ***Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #7 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #7 Happy marriages all require simple, practical acts. Simple gestures. Simple conversations. Success in love and marriage depends upon an accumulation of having done the simple things to build the foundation for a ...
Views: 1571(15 votes) - ***Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #6 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #6 Happy marriages all require simple, practical acts. Simple gestures. Simple conversations. Success in love and marriage depends upon an accumulation of having done the simple things to build the foundation for a ...
Views: 1823(15 votes) - ***Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #5 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #5 Happy marriages all require simple, practical acts. Simple gestures. Simple conversations. Success in love and marriage depends upon an accumulation of having done the simple things to build the foundation for a ...
Views: 1690(9 votes) - ***Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #4 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #4 Happy marriages all require simple, practical acts. Simple gestures. Simple conversations. Success in love and marriage depends upon an accumulation of having done the simple things to build the foundation for a ...
Views: 1593(10 votes) - ***Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #3 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #3 Happy marriages all require simple, practical acts. Simple gestures. Simple conversations. Success in love and marriage depends upon an accumulation of having done the simple things to build the foundation for a ...
Views: 1580(19 votes) - ***Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #2 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #2 Happy marriages all require simple, practical acts. Simple gestures. Simple conversations. Success in love and marriage depends upon an accumulation of having done the simple things to build the foundation for a ...
Views: 1772(18 votes) - ***Strengthen Your Marriage Tip #1 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Happy marriages all require simple, practical acts. Simple gestures. Simple conversations. Success in love and marriage depends upon an accumulation of having done the simple things to build the foundation for a lasting love. The key ...
Views: 1700(20 votes) - ***Is Marriage Dead? - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. The institution of marriage is NOT dead! Statistically, there is substantial support for this view. According to the best estimates we can find, there were nearly 45,000,000 marriages worldwide last year. There were approximately 9,000,000 ...
Views: 1810(26 votes) - ***Should I Try To Save My Marriage? - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. As we have said for many years, “Most marriages and relationships are worth saving and can be saved, but not all!” Here’s what we mean. In the case of abuse – sexual, physical, mental – many failing marriages and relationships are simply not ...
Views: 1932(24 votes) - ***What Is Narcissism? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. We are often asked, "What is the best definition of Narcissism of which you are aware?" For us, there is a simple answer. It is our strong belief that the Mayo Clinic has posited the best definition and it follows: "Narcissistic personality ...
Views: 1765(39 votes) - ***How Important Is Trust In Marriage? - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Successfully married couples literally trust each other with their lives, their wellbeing, and their sacred honor. The words they use to describe the one they love more often than not include words and expressions like trust, honesty, loyalty, ...
Views: 2857(27 votes) - ***The Importance of “WE” in Great Marriages - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. The feeling of togetherness is one of the key ingredients of a successful marriage. It is the feeling of “we are in this together and are stronger because of our relationship.” While the importance of togetherness is easy to understand, for many ...
Views: 1727(24 votes) - ***Is It Necessary To Test The Loyalty Of My Man? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Guests on a recent morning TV show offered the following piece of “scientific fact” – “A woman will test the loyalty of her man each and every day!” Oh, really? As love and marriage experts for over three decades, we have NEVER had one single ...
Views: 1868(28 votes) - ***7 Critical Issues To Discuss Before Marriage - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. While we have learned many lessons about great marriages from the thousands of interviews with successfully married couples around the world, we have concluded that what you do in the early stages of your relationship will go a long way towards ...
Views: 2904(46 votes) - ***Newlyweds Should NEVER Makes These 7 Mistakes - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Ah, wedding season. That time of year when brides and grooms say, “I do” and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, dreaming of “happily ever after” can create unrealistic expectations and lots of problems down the road. So much of marriage ...
Views: 1833(38 votes) - ***What Are The Risks Of On-Line Dating? - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. While we acknowledge that some one-in-five new relationships in the USA currently begin on the Internet through on-line dating services, we also note that there are risks associated with utilizing these services. Before you “jump-in” to on-line ...
Views: 1822(44 votes) - ***Great Love Cannot Be Rushed - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. “You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.” This marvelous quote by Jonathan Carroll is from Outside the Dog ...
Views: 2491(31 votes) - ***A Failed Relationship: Don't Make The Same Mistakes Again - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Marriages and relationships fail. Love sometimes ends as the flames of love die out. What started out with so much promise sometimes ends as a disaster. Now the challenge is how to pick yourself up, brush yourself off and start all over again. ...
Views: 2540(30 votes) - ***How Can I Have A Successful Marriage? - by Submitted on May 28, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Are there ways to ensure that your marriage will be a successful marriage? The answer is of course, no. Life, love, and marriage do not come with absolute guarantees. However, there are ways to greatly increase your odds of having a successful ...
Views: 1879(27 votes) - ***What Is A Love and Marriage Expert? - by Submitted on May 21, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. Lots of people purport to be “love and marriage experts.” The Internet is full of those who claim to be. We, like you, read their pontifications every day. But the truth is, most of those who say they are, ARE NOT! Here’s why. We have found in ...
Views: 1796(20 votes) - ***How To Talk About Serious Issues With Your Spouse - by Submitted on May 15, 2013 from Dr. Charles and Dr Elizabeth SchmitzBy America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts. When serious issues occur, successfully married couples report a high level of satisfaction with the way they communicate with each other. They attribute their marital success first and foremost to the fact that they have honed their communication ...
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