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When your spouse doesn't celebrate Christmas, or the Holidays

When your spouse doesn’t celebrate Christmas, or the Holidays

Each individual values the Holidays differently. Some more or less than others, and some choose not to celebrate at all. Talk about a drab, right, when you could celebrate Christmas all year round and your spouse wouldn’t bat an eye if it were removed from the calendar altogether. It can be tough to navigate not […]

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boundaries for your marriage if you dread the Holidays | theMRSingLink

Holiday boundaries when your spouse won’t compromise

Does the Holiday season divide your marriage year after year? The Holidays can easily be one big stress ball for many, even couples. This is especially if you are dealing with a spouse who won’t respect your wishes, compromise, or share traditions. So if the Holidays end up dividing your marriage, then this post is

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Digital Privacy In My Marriage [We Have No Secrets!] | My husband and I lay all cards out on the table (passwords, phones, and all) | Trust is one of the critical pillars of every relationship, but we forget that privacy is not the same as secrecy - secrecy causes doubt, which can be detrimental to trust. Bottom line is, we don't believe in restrictive access of our privacy, as long as transparency and respect are mutually present | #trust #marriageproblems #relationshipadvice | theMRSingLink

Digital privacy and boundaries in marriage

Are digital boundaries surrounding our socials and devices important in marriage? My husband and I are open with our passwords and have no secrets. Our devices are also not considered “off limits” with respect for boundaries. PSA: There’s a way to be transparent about your devices, digital privacy and boundaries in marriage while also maintaining

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Every relationship should be built on the foundation of trust, duh, as are couples each responsible for honoring and upholding that trust. Where you define the basis of trust in your relationship is entirely between you and your partner. So if you and your partner are totally cool keeping your mula separate (as "private" information) from one another, and this not be a detriment to relationship trust, then cool beans. Yet being in a relationship, we have to be willing to find that middle, common ground between transparency and trust. Because, at the end of the day, a lack of transparency is a lack of trust.

7 Subtle ways relationship trust can be broken or lost

We all know by now that trust is the easiest to lose, and the hardest to regain. And in relationships trust is easily and most obviously broken by things like deceit (lying, dishonesty, secrecy) and infidelity (cheating, disloyalty), but what about the not-so -obvious? The subtle ways trust can be lost or broken in relationships

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Welcome to your laundry list of boundaries with in-laws that you and your spouse should have in your marriage. Scratch that - need!

Setting boundaries with in laws and family in marriage (10+ Specific examples)

Every married couple should have boundaries with family and the in laws. Welcome to your laundry list of boundaries with in-laws that you and your spouse should have in your marriage. Scratch that – need! Family boundaries apply whether you are married or not, because your personal and relational boundaries are still important. Let’s not

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