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Celebrate ALL your relationships on your wedding anniversary

Each time our anniversary has come around I think about how much I love my husband, but also how much I love all of the people in my life. Because I’m grateful to have him, but it also makes me think how full of gratitude I am to have people who wanted to help us have a great wedding when they could have just gone home.

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Go to bed angry: Unpopular but realistic marriage advice

I never saw an article titled, “How To Deal With The Crappy Parts Of Marriage As Well As Unrealistic Expectations Of Society.” So, I came up with my own marriage advice that maybe doesn’t make you say, “Awwww!”, but later on down the line, after the wedding high descends, might make you feel stronger.

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Farts are still funny: what I learned from my parents’ 30-year marriage

When I think about what I want from a marriage, from Mr Squirrel as a husband, and the kind of wife I want to be for him, I think naturally of the marriage I have observed the most — my parents. They had a short courtship and a long marriage, it has not always been easy but they have stuck together for over thirty years. The best things they have taught me about marriage are these…