by joebeam | Jul 14, 2009 | Marriage, Marriage Trouble, Sex, Uncategorized
Q: My husband tells me all I am good for is sex. He tells me to that it is my duty as his wife to have sex or to do other sexual things with him whenever he wants it, but he does not respect me. He makes jokes about me and insults me in front of other people and my...
by joebeam | Jun 5, 2009 | Marriage Trouble, Uncategorized
Q: I am a 58 year old Christian woman and have been married to the same man for over 36 years. We have grown apart over the years and can’t seem to get close. My husband is 60 and has taken to writing someone over the Internet that he has never met. He says he...
by joebeam | Jun 2, 2009 | Life, Marriage Trouble
Q: I agree with your statement that a marriage can recover from all kinds of past hurts, but I think there is a caveat. I don’t think it is possible to have a solid marriage after abuse, affairs, etc., if the abuser is willing to continue the marriage but will...
by joebeam | Jun 1, 2009 | Life, Marriage, Marriage Trouble
Q: Please share with me how I can learn to love my husband again. The kids have grown and left home, and I feel like I am married to a stranger. I feel like he doesn’t listen to me – actually, I’m certain of it by the questions he asks – I can...
by joebeam | Jun 1, 2009 | God, Marriage Trouble
Q: My husband had an affair. I just read your article on How to do an Intervention. The section on self-delusion helped me so much. While the affair was going on (but still unknown by me) I wrote in my journal daily about things like rationalizing, blaming,...
by joebeam | Feb 26, 2009 | God, Marriage Trouble, Uncategorized
Often a pastor, minister, elder, deacon, or the like asks what to do to help a marriage that they just discovered is in crisis. Usually they lament their frustration to find out only when the marriage is in such trouble. Then they confess that though they did the best...
