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“STAY MARRIED AND YOU’LL FIND OUT,” THE ALL-TIME ANSWER

December 1, 2021 by

“Stay married and you’ll find out” was the answer to a question about wolves. It seemed like a normal wolf question, but that one smart aleck answer sounded universal. How did five words turn into an answer for everything? First the question:

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BREAKING POINT REACHED. THEN WHAT?

September 24, 2021 by

Everyone has a breaking point, so let’s get past the tough guy act. Even if you have to fish around to find a break, you will find it. Or someone else will find it. You should want to find it sooner than later. A good example of a breaking point is mumps and measles: as […]

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MARRIAGE RULES FOR THE CURIOUS UNMARRIED

September 1, 2021 by

Marriage rules apply most to the people who’ve said it out loud: “I’ll never get married.” Maybe you said it? Your spouse said it? I said it, then stopped. Why? I got married. You can’t say you’ll never get married after that. I’ll start with three marriage rules and go from there.

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YOUR TRIBE: HAVE YOU FOUND IT, OR STILL LOOKING

May 20, 2021 by

Your tribe is waiting and it’s accepting memberships, if that’s the sort of tribe that appeals to you. Or maybe you’re more of a “Membership? We don’t need no stinking membership” sort of person. Either way, the yearning for connection, human connections, isn’t going away. But which tribe is your tribe? A few clues:

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WORKING TOGETHER FOR MORE TOGETHERNESS? BE A FAN

April 23, 2021 by

Working together for change is a good thing. What about married people working together to install a fan? A suburban ceiling fan, the sort seen in sad real estate ads for houses with ‘potential’, got replaced. Her: Did you see the new fan instructions? We need an electrician. Him: I’ve got the same screw driver […]

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SOLDIER ADVICE: WHEN TO STAY, WHEN TO GO

March 2, 2021 by

Soldier advice usually comes from one place in the beginning. Can you guess where? If you said “recruiter,” you are correct. First they make an alluring argument for signing up. College money, healthcare, clothing, living expenses, food allowance. It’s all right here for a military career. If that hook isn’t sunk deep enough, Drill Sergeants […]

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MARRIED LIFE 2021: TAKE THE CLEAN-UP CHALLENGE

January 5, 2021 by

Married life at its best brings out more in the partners than any other relationship. Sometimes it’s too much, and that’s the challenge. How you react to the unexpected, then use it as a learning tool, tells you all about married life. For example, what would you do if . . .

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MARRIED PEOPLE REVIEW: TRICK QUESTIONS OR NEW COMMITTMENTS

October 12, 2020 by

Five guys were going over the rules of married people with a past. The question was what to disclose to a wife and what to leave out. The men agreed that no good comes from giving too much personal history, but no one said why. I’ll help:

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FAMILY MAN? WHO WERE YOU BEFORE THAT

October 11, 2020 by

Every man is a family man until it’s time to do what family men do. “But, Dave, what do family men do?” I’ll answer before you ask, because you were going to.

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MARRIED MAN: TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

August 17, 2020 by

A married man has one job above all others, and that’s to protect the institution of marriage. Otherwise, why bother jumping through the hoops to get married? “But Dave,” you ask, “how do I protect the institution of marriage?” It starts with a definition of marriage. Get ready, because here we go.

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