Marriage Without the Sex

Marriage Without the Sex
Author: Rachel Schaffer Lawson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017-11-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781619617605

Forming a business partnership is a lot like getting married--so you better be sure it's a good match before saying, "I do." Marriage Without the Sex prepares you to "tie the knot" confidently or to end the engagement before making a terrible mistake. As a lawyer specializing in small business, Rachel Schaffer Lawson has been involved in countless professional couplings. With insight and quirky humor, she helps you identify the good omens and red flags at every stage of your blossoming business relationship, from "first date" to "wedding day," and beyond. She'll counsel you through any rough patches to strengthen the union and assist you in preparing a "pre-nup" to protect your original enterprise. And if the honeymoon ends, her invaluable expertise will make the divorce as painless as possible. You're about to promise to share your work life with another. Make sure you're ready with Marriage Without the Sex.

Everything Great Marriage

Everything Great Marriage
Author: Bob Stritof
Publisher: Everything
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2004-01-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781580629621

Brimming with helpful information and tips, The Everything Great Marriage Book can help bring harmony to any relationship.

Divorce Busting

Divorce Busting
Author: Michele Weiner Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1993-02
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0671797255

A step-by-step approach to making your marriage loving again.

Premarital Sex in America

Premarital Sex in America
Author: Mark Regnerus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2011-01-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199792836

The period of young adulthood, from ages 18 to 23, is popularly considered the most sexualized in life. But is it true? What do we really know about the sexual lives of young people today? Premarital Sex in America combines illuminating personal stories and comprehensive research surveys to provide the fullest portrait of heterosexuality among young adults ever produced. Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker draw upon a wealth of survey data as well as scores of in-depth interviews with young adults from around the country, both in and out of college. Digging underneath stereotypes and unexamined assumptions, the authors offer compelling--and often surprising--answers to such questions as: How do the emotional aspects of sexual relations differ between young men and women? What role do political orientations play in their sexual relations? How have online dating and social networking sites affected the relationships of emerging adults? Why are young people today waiting so much longer to marry? How prevalent are nontraditional forms of sex, and what do people think of them? To better understand what drives the sexual behaviors of emerging adults, Regnerus and Uecker pay special attention to two important concepts: sexual scripts, the unwritten and often unconscious rules that guide sexual behavior and attitudes; and sexual economics, a theory which suggests that the relative scarcity of men on college campuses contributes to the "hookup" culture by allowing men to diminish their level of commitment and thereby lower the "price" they have to "pay" for sex. For anyone wishing to understand how sexual relations between young adults have changed and are changing, Premarital Sex in America will serve as a touchstone for years to come.

Cheap Sex

Cheap Sex
Author: Mark Regnerus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2017-08-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 019067363X

Sex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has been made possible by two technologies that have little to do with each other - the Pill and high-quality pornography - and its distribution made more efficient by a third technological innovation, online dating. Together, they drive down the cost of real sex, and in turn slow the development of love, make fidelity more challenging, sexual malleability more common, and have even taken a toll on men's marriageability. Cheap Sex takes readers on an extended tour inside the American mating market, and highlights key patterns that characterize young adults' experience today, including the timing of first sex in relationships, overlapping partners, frustrating returns on their relational investments, and a failure to link future goals like marriage with how they navigate their current relationships. Drawing upon several large nationally-representative surveys, in-person interviews with 100 men and women, and the assertions of scholars ranging from evolutionary psychologists to gender theorists, what emerges is a story about social change, technological breakthroughs, and unintended consequences. Men and women have not fundamentally changed, but their unions have. No longer playing a supporting role in relationships, sex has emerged as a central priority in relationship development and continuation. But unravel the layers, and it is obvious that the emergence of "industrial sex" is far more a reflection of men's interests than women's.

Will Our Love Last?

Will Our Love Last?
Author: Sam R. Hamburg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2001-03-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0743203526

Am I with the right person? Will our love last? Men and women in love are haunted by these questions. Love -- especially why it blossoms in relationships and why it later dies -- is a mystery to them. Will Our Love Last? A Couple's Road Map solves this mystery by giving readers a new understanding of love -- an understanding they can actually use to evaluate the soundness of their relationships and to answer confidently the crucial questions that mystified them before. Based on hundreds of cases in his twenty-four years as a marital therapist and twenty-nine years in his own happy marriage, Sam R. Hamburg, Ph.D., explains how compatibility is the key to lasting love. He shows how compatibility on three major dimensions -- the Practical Dimension, the Sexual Dimension, and the Wavelength Dimension -- is essential to the mutual understanding and affirmation that keep love alive, and he leads readers through a simple but systematic procedure for assessing their compatibility with a romantic partner in these crucial relationship areas. Dr. Hamburg introduces a new technique, The Hand Rotation Exercise, to help readers express their degree of compatibility and then convey that visually to their partner. In addition, he presents two new original techniques for working through relationship conflicts and coming to agreement on difficult issues: His Way/Her Way and The Long Conversation. Written in a clear, direct style that is free of jargon, Will Our Love Last? empowers readers to make important relationship decisions that are intellectually and emotionally informed. Will Our Love Last? will help couples trying to decide if they should take the next step to a more committed relationship. It will aid individuals embarking on a new relationship, or who are between relationships, to evaluate the rightness of a new or prospective partner. And it will assist people who are already in committed relationships to make an honest assessment of their prospects for happiness with their current partner. People have it in their power to make sure that they truly are with the right person. Will Our Love Last? shows the way.

The Power of a Transformed Wife

The Power of a Transformed Wife
Author: Mike Yorkey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998168708

Author Lori Alexander outlines God's design for marriage and how it changed her life and can change others.

To Love, Honor, and Vacuum

To Love, Honor, and Vacuum
Author: Sheila Wray Gregoire
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Families
ISBN: 9780825443466

"Sheila speaks to both the heart and habits of the woman who is wife and mother. The lessons in this book are biblical, doable, and affordable!"--Margaret B. Buchanan From advertisements to mommy blogs to Pinterest, scenes of domestic bliss abound, painting a picture of perfection and expectation nearly impossible to live up to. Why can't you work a full-time job, stylishly clothe yourself and your children, plan a party for twelve with handmade decorations, keep your house sparkling clean without chemicals, and bake a gourmet meal in the same day? Everyone else is doing it! For many women, housework has become more than chores that need to be done; it is a symbol of identity. Sheila Wray Gregoire wants to stop that thinking in its tracks and help women back to a life of balance--for their sakes and for their families. She encourages women to shift their focus from housekeeping to relationships and shows them how to foster responsibility and respect in all family members. The second edition retains the helpful, concrete advice on everyday situations such as strategies for tackling chores and budgets and tips on effective communication, while incorporating the wisdom Sheila has gained through her interaction with thousands of readers of her blog and through her speaking ministry over the past ten years. Through the principles in To Love, Honor, and Vacuum, Gregoire promises readers they can grow and thrive in the midst of their hectic lives--even if their circumstances stay the same.

The Lipstick Gospel

The Lipstick Gospel
Author: Stephanie Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692336922

Inspired by a broken heart and a wicked hangover, sorority girl Stephanie May Wilson throws in the towel on the life she's been living and packs her bags for a pilgrimage across three continents. Like so many great travelers before her, she finds herself and something completely unexpected along the way. Exploding preconceived notions that Christianity is for grandmas and girls with ugly shoes, The Lipstick Gospel is the story of how one girl found God in heartbreak, the Sistine Chapel, and the perfect cappuccino.