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I am here with four ALL NEW REASONS why you're still not married.

Ladies, what is the scariest admission (for men) in the English language? Answer, "my best friend wears a dress."

I've learned a few things in particular from my mother, whom I have watched blossom and reinvent herself time and time again throughout my life. In honor of Mother's Day, here are five marriage lessons I've learned from this awesome lady.

Many couples I interviewed keep that mystery alive through separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms that separate their sex lives and annoying personal rituals.

Our list does not resemble the ones you'll find in Cosmo. We have never had a regular date night, nor do we prioritize "communication" or play sex games or see a therapist.

This article originally appeared on YourTango.com By Amy Schoen for YourTango.com For those of you who think you want to get married, do you ha...

After one particularly gruesome exchange, I curled up on our bed, buried my head in a pillow and mumbled, "Being married is the hardest thing I've ever done."

When a couple has been together for a while, it can be hard to come up with new and exciting ways to stay connected. Here are some simple date ideas that you can do with your spouse or use as inspiration to get your thoughts flowing.

What about the magic of love and marriage? How much is scientific, real, and how much is illusion, a supernatural belief in destiny?

Not every man is a conniving genius who strategically plans out every play or pass he makes at you. If you believe that, I think you're giving some men too much credit.

Guys, if these or other marital scenarios get you thinking that your wife is too neurotic, the best place to look for this solution is to yourself. If she constantly wants assurances, perhaps you are not emotionally or physically available enough.

By the blame game, I am referring to fights in which each spouse insists on being right and that the other is wrong. We've all played the blame game at some time or another.

We naturally become defensive when our spouse begins to criticize us. We listen to refute or correct the inaccuracies, distortions and exaggerations that are inevitably there. The challenge is to listen only to understand.

What I've learned is that the most precious thing about marriage is that it gives you a witness. Somebody to keep you in check when you're veering into madness.

Answer these 4 financial questions to help determine whether your union is set up for the long road ahead or if you're actually in a drive-thru marriage.

Many of us are stumped to define love, and even those of us who can define it often find that others may not agree with our definition. Yet we all have an idea of what love is.

Kim's anguish over her crappy marriage was too painfully authentic to be an act. As it turns out, Kim is just like the rest of us (give or take a few million dollars and a world-famous butt).

Nagging is a major problem for relationships compared to other relationship issues because virtually all couples nag compared, for example, to relatively rare but traumatic problems such as adultery.

When you bring love to the foreground and lust to the background, you squeeze the life out of the relationship. You can bring romance, passion, and sexual desire back to the foreground.

Marital partners need mutuality, reciprocity, and equality. We want it all and if we learn how to communicate our needs, we can have it all.

"Help! I hate my husband." This is how a letter starts in my Inbox today. It's from a 41-year-old woman named Cindy in Dallas who has been married for 12 years.

Request an apology when you believe you deserve one, but don't get in a tug of war about it. Instead, be a role model and tender a genuine apology yourself when an apology is due.