intimacy and romance


Four things I used to hate about you

Written by Phil Callaway

Six months before my wedding day, an elderly friend tapped my shoulder in the post office and offered me some free advice. “Ramona’s a lovely girl,” he said. “She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.” Then he whispered a curious thing: “You want a happy marriage?”

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The inner lives of husbands

Written by Shaunti Feldhahn

“I’ve been married 30 years, and I can’t believe I never knew this before!”

I’ve lost count of how many times a woman has said something like this after I’ve given a talk.

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The inner lives of wives

Written by Jeff Feldhahn

Guys, I have good news: It’s easier than you probably realize to understand your wife and make her happy.

I’m just an average, sometimes oblivious guy, but when I found myself caught up in some research about women’s inner lives – research that my wife and I did for a book – I realized how wrong I’d been to assume women were impossible to understand. Let me share a couple of my eye-opening discoveries.

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Anyway love

Written by Gary Thomas

On Valentine’s Day, Alison* went all out, giving her husband, Peter,* his favorite candy and tickets to a hockey game. Later that night, she wrapped herself in a special outfit purchased just for the occasion.

Peter got her a card.

At the grocery store.

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When you can't hire a goose

Written by Elsa Kok Colopy

I’m all for big, flashy romance. When my husband proposed to me, he went all out. He took me to the finest restaurant in town – a place where the servers wear ties and the linen napkins are so fancy they don’t trust you to actually touch them yourself.

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