• Solutions For The Most Common Marital Problems. Part 6: Prioritizing Your Marriage

      We’re almost there, guys! One more in our series on common marital problems, and then we’ll be done. (And hopefully by then your marriage will be in a better place!) Thus far we’ve covered five of the most common marital sticking points, namely communication, sex, money, domestic chores, and trust. But now we are…

  • Solutions For The Most Common Marital Problems. Part 5: Trust

      Welcome back and thanks again for joining us, as we work our way through the seven most common marital problems plaguing couples nowadays. Thus far in this series we’ve looked at the first four items on our list of problems, namely communication, sex, money and domestic duties. Moving on, we are going to address…

  • Solutions For The Most Common Marital Problems. Part 4: Domestic Duties

      Welcome back and thanks for joining us as we unpack the most common problems facing married couples today. Thus far in this series we’ve looked at the three biggest issues most couples face, namely money, sex and communication issues. Though while these three are certainly the more common causes of marital strife, they are…

  • Solutions For The Most Common Marital Problems. Part 3: Money

      In the previous two articles in this series, we looked at the first two items in a list of common problems that married couples face, namely issues relating to communication and sex. This time around we are going to be covering that third major issue in the divorce trifecta, namely money!   Money Financial…

  • Solutions For The Most Common Marital Problems. Part 2: Sex

      We opened this series on common marital problems and their solutions by discussing the most common marriage pitfall known to mankind – communication. Now we are moving on and touching on another big one – the issue of sex in the marriage.   Sex Regardless of how much love and commitment a couple has,…

  • Solutions For The Most Common Marital Problems. Part 1: Communication

      Every marriage has it’s peaks and valleys. In fact, it’s considered perfectly normal for a couple to go through good times and bad times, happy times and sad times, fun times and ….well,…not so fun times. But just because you’re in a rough spot, doesn’t mean that all is lost. There is often hope…

  • Virtual Affairs: Do They Even Count as Real? (Part 2)

      In our previous article about virtual affairs, we talked about what exactly constitutes a “virtual affair,” and discussed whether or not they are actually harmful for a marriage. Although many mental health professionals and marriage counselors say that they are, not everyone agrees with that standpoint.   John Portmann, author of the hotly contested…

  • Virtual Affairs: Are They Even Real? (Part 1)

      The word “virtual” tends to imply “almost, but not quite.” As in virtual reality, which isn’t reality, it just looks like it. So that begs the question, is a virtual affair the same thing as a real affair? And should it be handled in the same way as an actual affair?   Many people…

  • The Role of Fathers in Michigan Custody Cases

      With the current emphasis on the value of fatherhood, more and more fathers are taking active roles in the day-to-day lives of their children. We see that trend all over Michigan. Traditional family structures and gender roles are being abandoned in favor of more equality between spouses in a family. More women are in…

  • Establishing Paternity in Michigan: What You Need To Know 3

      Welcome back and thanks for joining us as we wrap up the subject of paternity in Michigan. In the previous articles we talked about how Michigan law defines paternity, and started looking at how it is established. Moving on, we’re going to look at the final method of legal establishment, and discuss why a…