By 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: 2412
By 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: 1682
By 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: 1756
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***How To Find Love Again - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, The Official Guides to Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
As the old song goes, “Breaking up is hard to do” – whether that breakup is due to death or falling out of love – the pain is still not minimized. It is hard to start over. It is downright challenging to find true love again.
After interviewing ... Views: 1701
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***How to Find Love Again - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, The Official Guides to Marriage
By 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: 1612
By 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 ... Views: 1858
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
The Seven-Year Itch is real according to the U.S. Census Bureau. There were a number of interesting highlights reported in the U.S. Census Bureau’s press release entitled “Most People Make Only One Trip Down the Aisle, But First Marriages Shorter.” ... Views: 2566
By 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: 1677
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Today, we were on an hour show with a “blow-torch” radio station, talking about love, relationships, and Valentine’s Day. We had a blast!
It is always fun reaching the folks with our positive message about our more than 30 years of research on ... Views: 2481
By 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: 1749
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We know very well how important it is to rebound in a timely manner from a failed relationship. Of the thousands of couples we have interviewed over the past 30 years on all 7 continents of the world, many of them were remarried after suffering ... Views: 2345
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We just returned from the trip of our lifetime together – all 47 years of it. We spent ten days on the continent of Antarctica. Oh, my, what a wonderful trip it was! As human beings, we will never be the same!
For us, it was the 7th and final ... Views: 3234
By 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: 1583
By 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: 1603
By 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: 1776
By 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: 1575
By 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: 1555
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We will be honest with you up front -- we are huge fans of Country music! Like a lot of Country music fans these days, we are impressed with Country superstar couple, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. To say they are awesome entertainers is an ... Views: 2345
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We know, we hear them all the time – those purveyors of half-truths, un-truths, and political agendas. You know the ones – the ones who continually pronounce to the world that traditional marriage is dead. Well, all we can say is – don’t believe ... Views: 2294
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***Until Death Do Us Part - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, The Official Guides to Marriage
By 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: 1201
By 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: 1698
Finding 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: 1356
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Frankly, if we hear yet one more person talk about infidelity in a relationship as if it were okay, not a big deal, and forgivable, we are going to get angry!
We have studied the best marriages for nearly 28 years and we know this – the best ... Views: 6737
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
With our fast paced society and the ever increasing demands of everyday life, more and more couples are finding that negativity is taking over their relationship. An abrupt interject of positivity into a relationship is the only way to change the ... Views: 3804
Real Love Is Colorblind
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
The romantic 1955 movie, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, tells the story of an American reporter who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor. And as you might have guessed, they encounter prejudice from both of their ... Views: 3732
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
People in love sometimes fall out of love. But sometimes, they fall back into love all over again. While we have seen many instances of this in our interviews over the years, a great example of what we are talking about is the love affair between ... Views: 4842
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
According to the available research evidence, there are several periods in a marriage that seem, on average, to be particularly troublesome – the first year, the seventh year, the fifteenth year, and the 30th year. Marriages that survive and thrive ... Views: 5071
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***Love is Best Not Rushed - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, The Official Guides to Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
A few days ago we ran across a marvelous quote by Jonathan Carroll, author of Outside the Dog Museum. It goes like this:
“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later ... Views: 2841
America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts
Over the years, we have been asked if the age differential between people contemplating marriage really matters. Our answer – it depends!
In our thousands of interviews on six continents of the world, we have learned this – when you are truly in ... Views: 7831
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Thirty years of research on successful love and marriage has taught us many things, but first and foremost – no love has blossomed or been sustained without doing the “simple things.” Big things don’t matter until your relationship has mastered the ... Views: 3333
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
As our loyal readers know, we have been researching successful marriage around the world for nearly three decades. We have travelled to 47 countries on six of the world’s seven continents in search of the best marriages.
In our speeches, blogs, ... Views: 4384
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
My wife and I had a wonderful trip to the Los Angeles area last week. We enjoyed the sun and fun – even rented a convertible. The ocean off Malibu Beach and Santa Monica was grand and glorious – resplendent in sunshine.
We got married on ... Views: 3568
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
As our many readers know, we have been studying successful marriage and relationships for nearly three decades. And frankly, one of the most important questions we get asked is, How will I know if this is true love? The answer is simpler than you ... Views: 6266
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We have witnessed time and time again marriages in which one or both partners failed to understand the importance of being alone, not only for themselves, but for their spouse as well. When we first introduce this concept to others, the reaction is ... Views: 3035
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We have constantly and relentlessly pursued this question in our interviews around the world – “Do the great marriages have a Cinderella life?” And the answer is – drum roll please! – NO!
Too often, people assume that those who have the most ... Views: 2863
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
In our thousands of interviews around the world over the past three decades, we have discovered many truths. Among these are the warning signs of a failing marriage and relationship.
The telltale signs of a relationship going down the tubes are ... Views: 2981
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
While we normally write positive stories about successful marriage, a recent interview caused us to alter course, albeit, temporarily.
A few weeks ago we interviewed a woman who had recently gotten divorced. Her story was so emotional and ... Views: 3121
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We have studied marriage around the globe for three decades. And while our focus has principally been on successful marriage, we have interviewed a lot of folks whose marriage was in trouble – whose marriage was falling apart.
There is nothing ... Views: 10714
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
You can learn a lot about love from a dog. Over the years, we have learned much about the essentials of a loving relationship by observing our dogs.
We are proud to tell you that our Louie is truly a Wonder Dog. He is loving, caring, intuitive, ... Views: 3085
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Okay, the children have all left home. You and your spouse are finally alone after two decades of marriage. Now what? How do you cope? What lies in store for the two of you?
These are questions faced by millions of married couples worldwide ... Views: 10627
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Never, ever assume that Valentine’s Day – that once-a-year celebration of love – can take the place of 365 days of your expressions of love throughout the year.
Make no mistake about it – Valentine’s Day is an important day of celebration for ... Views: 3666
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
A study done by McCandless and Bryron analyzing breakups on Facebook recently concluded that more breakups happen from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Unfortunately, this is a completely unscientific study that makes conclusions based upon entries by ... Views: 4321
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***Are You Married to a Bully? - by Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, The Official Guides to Marriage
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
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 succumb to the bully. And we wonder ... Views: 6788
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
At the end of every interview we conduct with happily and successfully married couples we ask the most powerful question of our interview protocol – “Can you imagine life without your spouse?” The question always draws tears to the eyes of the couple ... Views: 4796
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Okay, we are madly in love after all these years! We have been married for nearly 46 years and we cannot imagine life without each other. We are each other’s constant companions and wouldn’t want it any other way!
But we must admit, we often ... Views: 3314
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Our current European trip is part of our continuing search for great marriages around the world. This time our travels have brought us to the tiny principality of Andorra.
Following our interviews in Prague in the Czech Republic three days ago ... Views: 5190
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
“Love means never having to say you are sorry.” This line from the wildly popular 1970 book (and subsequent movie), Love Story, by Erich Segal helped it become the New York Times number one bestseller and the top selling work of fiction for all of ... Views: 1876
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
Over the past 30 years, we have learned much about what makes great marriages tick – about what makes them successful. Even in spite of ominous odds from time to time, the best marriages survive and thrive, and we know why! They survive and thrive ... Views: 3594
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
If you are like us, you are sick and tired of all the debate about what constitutes a successful marriage or relationship. Does it really matter what others think about OUR love, who we marry, or what makes us happy in life? Shouldn’t the real ... Views: 3736
By America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts.
We are delighted this week to be in the romantic capitol of the world—Paris, France! We are here on another leg of our endless search for great marriages around the world.
First, a few facts about love and marriage in France that you might want ... Views: 3147