by joebeam | May 5, 2015 | Communication, Marriage Trouble, Uncategorized
QUESTION: My husband didn’t blink an eye when I told him to move into the spare room. But he didn’t move before vividly describing more things about me that anger him. I wish he would have brought this to my attention years ago (literally). I don’t...
by joebeam | May 5, 2015 | Communication, How To's, Marriage, Marriage Trouble, Relationship, Uncategorized
QUESTION: I’m confused. My husband and I are separated. He keeps telling me that he wants to have normal conversations. He talks about nothing. He doesn’t want a heart to heart conversation so we can solve our problems. I just want to know am I wasting my...
by joebeam | Nov 14, 2013 | Communication, How To's, Marriage, Marriage Trouble, Overcoming the Past, Relationship, Uncategorized
QUESTION: Joe, there are a few things I have not told my wife. Although I never had an affair, I had an emotional connection with another woman that went to a brief, but unfulfilled physical encounter. This was over 10 years ago and is totally over. My marriage is...
by joebeam | Sep 6, 2013 | Communication, God, Life, Marriage, Marriage Trouble, Relationship, Sin? Wrong? Or not?
QUESTION: My boyfriend and I have dated for 2 years and need to decide whether to marry or not. The one issue we have is that we have religious differences in our relationship. He is protestant; I am Catholic. Neither of us is willing to give up our faith or religious...
by joebeam | Sep 6, 2013 | Communication, Life, Marriage, Marriage Trouble, Money, Relationship, Uncategorized
QUESTION: My husband and I have been married for two years and are relatively happy. An issue is causing us trouble. I make a lot more money than my husband. This seems to come up in conversation more frequently (and with frustration on his part). I can’t help...
by joebeam | May 23, 2013 | Communication, Desire, Life, Marriage, Relationship, Sex, Uncategorized
An excerpt from The Art of Falling in Love about passion. Passion, though sexual, is much more. It is a craving for oneness with the other. Sexual passion subsides with the length of relationship, but passion can grow throughout a lifetime. It’s the emotion you feel...
