The Marital Arts – Create Your Marriage
by Larry Stallman
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Beware of The Witching Hour
Carol came home from work at her part-time job at 6:30. She had had a bad day: unreasonable deadline, a heated argument with a co-worker, and then a dead car battery and a half hour wait for AAA. She was … Continue reading
Manipulation: Good For Puppets, Bad For Couples
Of course I don’t do it; and I know YOU don’t do it; but SOME people, actually employ manipulative strategies in an effort to get what they want in their relationships. Can you imagine? Punch: Oh deary me, deary deary … Continue reading
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On Resolving Differences
The challenges offered in the course of living a shared life are ceaseless. They begin when two people accept the task of occupying the same space in the universe and commit to an interdependent collaboration in the creation of a … Continue reading
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Arguments
Often, when clients enter my office, they will report, “We argued a lot this week;” or “We didn’t argue much this week;” as though that reflects a measure of their progress or the status of their relationship. They’re often confused … Continue reading
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Marriage Offers a Transcendent Opportunity
A marital relationship with the right person at the right time can provide a transcendent opportunity; an opportunity that offers an alternative to the somnambulant march through a life shaped by the accidents of our birth. The accidents of birth … Continue reading
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Marriage in Context
Our impulse to bond is such a primitive, complex and essential force, that cultures throughout the world have deemed it necessary to provide oversight through ritual and rite. Where this occurs, individuals, for better or worse, inherit a whole set … Continue reading
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Welcome to The Marital Arts Website
Welcome to The Marital Arts’ website. The writer Elbert Hubbard said, “Art is not a thing; it is a way.” A marital life characterized by dull routine, strained affections, absent or unfulfilling sex, and the stresses of unrelieved responsibility seems, … Continue reading