Do you feel desperate and helpless in your marriage? Do you think something is not right in your relationship but you couldn’t quite put your fingers on it? Do you find yourself in a predictive cycle of sweet harmony followed by emotional chaos? If you suspect that you are receiving emotional and psychological abuse […]
General Tips To a Happy Marriage For Single and Married Women
My married life isn’t perfect. I’m not a perfect spouse and neither my husband. Like any other marriage, ours has its own share of ups and downs, fun and boring moments, angry and loving events. Yet despite this imperfection, I consider myself a happily married woman, well… I just don’t know if my husband shares […]
Is My Marriage Worth Fighting For After He Cheated On Me?
Question: “My husband cheated on me, but I chose to stay in our marriage. But everyday, I still feel the pain. Oftentimes, I catch my myself crying when I remember what he has done to me. Is this marriage worth fighting for? Is it right that I stayed or should I move on alone?” This is […]
6 Common Experiences of Filipina Breadwinner Wives
Last semester, our group – Bing, Von, and I – studied the common experiences shared by Filipina breadwinner wives as part of our course requirements in Advance Personality Psychology. We interviewed 12 women about how they experience this breadwinning role and its effects on their sense of individuality, marriage and family relationships. One of the […]
4 Reasons Why Men Cheat
When a husband cheated, one of the questions that a wife will ask is “WHY?” They want to understand and make sense how infidelity ever happened in their married life. The why question sometimes branches into something like “how could my husband, my best friend, do this to me?” “Do I have shortcomings in our […]
Love Map: Know your partner inside out
Before I begin this post, let me first ask you a few questions about how well you know your husband. What are your husband’s painful and happy childhood memories? What are the things that make him happy or stressed right now? What are his dreams and aspirations for the future? The first question is about […]
Listen to your Maternal and Wifely Instinct
As a new mom I didn’t know when my instinct was kicking in, I’m not even sure how should it feel. One time when I noticed my daughter who was slightly bending down with her hands on her knees — a pose which she does not usually do — I decided not to fuss over […]
4 Boundaries in Husband’s Female Friendships
Should you allow your husband to cultivate friendships with females? Whether you answer yes or no, friendships with colleagues of opposite sex is inevitable, especially in professional, businesses, or community settings. The question now is not whether these friendships should exist, but rather what boundaries should be observed to ensure they remain appropriate? How can […]
Hubby said, “Please say, ‘please'”
One morning as I was mopping the floor with all the sweat dripping all over my skin, hubby went down from our bedroom with Y. Forgetting to bring our baskets of laundry upstairs, I immediately asked him, “Paki-akyat ng baskets tapos paki empty na rin after.” Then without preamble hubby answered, “Wala man lang kalambing […]
Making Love: Spontaneous or Scheduled
During a group date with my two wife friends (together with our husbands with a conversation of their own), one of our topics has drifted to our sex lives. Let’s call my friends Abby and Liz, not their real names, but close to it I guess. I found out that Abby and I prefer a […]