From the monthly archives:

March 2010

“Marriage is Hard Work” . . . Or is it?

March 30, 2010

It is a truth universally acknowledged that marriage is not easy. To say at a social gathering that marriage isn’€™t hard would be like saying eating chicken feet isn’t disgusting. Of course it is. There is generally no debate about it. It’s just an accepted truth. In fact, Jon Acuff jokes about the popularity of [...]

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The Truth about Holidays When You’re Young, Married and Childless

March 27, 2010

I’m beginning to notice that holidays suck when you’re young, married, and childless.  Or maybe they suck for everyone in their twenties. I noticed it around Christmastime this past year and I’m noticing it again now that Easter is approaching. Nothing makes me or my married friends go “Oh crap” like the reminder that Easter [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Marry Early (Or Ever)

March 24, 2010

If you’ve been around here lately, you know that I’ve been defending early marriage. I’ve been doing this mostly because I think early marriage has a generally bad reputation, and I think it deserves some respect and reconsideration. I think young people are fully capable of getting married at an early age if they are [...]

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Objection #5 to Early Marriage: Unrealistic Expectations

March 22, 2010

So, I’ve been responding to common objections that people make to early marriage: that young marriage results in poverty; that young people are too immature for marriage; that they’ll end up with poor matches; and they’ll be encouraged to marry just for sex. I’ve got one last objection to address. A final argument that people [...]

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I Have a Guest Post on a Really Awesome Blog That is Not About Marriage

March 18, 2010

This may shock you, but I don’t only read and write about marriage. In fact, lately I’m feeling so inundated by marriage talk that I swear if I get one more #marriagetip in my Twitter feed I am going to flip my proverbial lid. Consequently, I am delighted to direct you to a guest post [...]

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On Vacation. Be back soon!

March 15, 2010

I thought I would still be able to blog while on vacation. Doesn’t seem to be happening. I’m currently sharing a laptop with six other folks which isn’t too conducive to regular online interactions. So while Ben and I are frolicking in the Florida sunshine with the fam jam, I’m going to be more or [...]

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The Value of Relationships. Or, Why Too Much Alone Time Will Make You Crazy

March 12, 2010

“Will somebody please ask me out on a coffee date for tonight? I’ve been alone 4 days straight and I’m about to kill myself for loneliness.” I wish I could say I read that Facebook status on my news feed. Then I could use it as an illustration for why we need human contact in [...]

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Confessions of a Married Girl Who Knows Nothing About Divorce

March 9, 2010

I’ve never had to think too much about divorce. Unlike most Westerners, I’ve never really had to face the issue. My parents, along with all the aunts and uncles I grew up with, as well as all my friends’ parents, are all still together. Not all of them are in happy relationships, but they’re all [...]

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Objection #4 to Early Marriage: Marrying for Sex

March 6, 2010

For the last few weeks I have been defending early marriage. Part of my argument for why we ought to consider marrying younger had to do with saving sex for marriage: I believe that sex should stay within marriage, but that it’s unreasonable to expect people to wait until their late twenties — the age [...]

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Compatibility, Chemistry and Marriage: What Do you Think?

March 4, 2010

After I my last post, in which I responded to the common objection that early marriage means a higher likelihood of a poor match, some very interesting discussion arose in the comments regarding compatibility, chemistry, and commitment. In my post, I basically argued that while compatibility (which I interchangeably referred to as “chemistry”) is nice [...]

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