Second Marriage Tip #2: Be Patient
This article is second in a series of quick tips on making it in your second marriage. The first tip was “take time for yourself.” Let’s look at tip #2 now: “Be Patient.”Don’t expect everyone to get along, and become one big happy family in a week. Or a month. Or even a year. The Brady Bunch was a cool show, but it was hardly realistic. And if we go into marriage expecting it just flow together that easily, we are probably going to be disappointed
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Help, I’m Married To My Opposite!
Are you married to your opposite? Do you and your spouse seem to see things differently in almost every way possible? If so, please be assured that this is perfectly normal. From my study of marriage resources, speaking to friends, and my own experience, I think we are in the majority.I’m Married To My Opposite, Too!
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Types of Second Marriage
This site is dedicated to helping people in second marriages. I am in a second marriage, and chances are, you are too, if you are reading this blog. All of us deal with one primary issue: learning to live together and adjust in a newly formed family.The last blog post talked about how second marriages are complicated. And there are several things that make it complicated, but some of our situations are more complicated than others.In this post, I want to take some time to talk about the different types of second marriage that people enter into.
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When I Knew He Would Commit
You know those moments in life where something just becomes completely clear? I am going to tell you a story today about when I knew, in my gut, that my future -husband would commit.
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Second Marriage Challenges: Why Is It So Hard?
We`ve all heard the horror statistics about second marriages. “Second marriages are way more likely to end in divorce,“ is considered to be common knowledge. It makes you wonder why we even try, sometimes, with all the second marriage challenges that we face.What makes second marriages so difficult?
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