Did you see the story about the wedding in the New York Charmin restroom? The bride wore a white Charmin toilet paper wedding dress. Seems that the bride won a contest and got her wedding paid for. (If you can’t resist, you can watch the video here: Toilet Paper Wedding Dress )

I completely understand a couple’s desire to save money on their wedding.

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What do you do when you have marriage problems? Serious problems? A lot of couples bail. That’s always sad, because I know that in most cases if they hung on, better days would come.

Someone said marriage is like a lilac bush…in the winter it looks dead & lifeless and you might think to uproot it. But if you leave it, next spring it will blossom again.

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Did you see in the news, the Queen and Prince Philip just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. At a service at the Westminster Abbey to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, the sermon said in part:

Every marriage is an act of faith. When you think about it, the promise to be in the company of the same person for a lifetime is an extraordinary thing to undertake; it is a statement of trust in one another and in the future which can never be free of risk. Another person, however well I think I know him or her, however confident I am about the mutual attraction between us, is still going to be deeply mysterious, beyond my control. Giving away my life to them is quite a step.

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A few nights ago, Billy Crystal received the 10th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The award program aired on PBS and for most of the evening Billy Crystal watched as others high-lighted his comedic accomplishments. Then came his turn.

In his acceptance of the award he was his usual hilarious self, saying things like “Whenever I think about Mark Twain, one thing comes to mind — Cliffs Notes.”

But I would say the highlight of the speech was the honor he gave to his wife, Janice Goldfinger, whom he met as a teenager and has been married to for 37 years.

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You can read the Good Wives Guide below with some amusement.

I’ve read that this was advice given to newlywed women in the 1950’s.

Hopefully, it’s a fun way to get to a very important subject.

The husband-wife role expectations is a key area for couples to discuss during marriage preparation, and there are sections in my main marriage preparation course that cover it.

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The BIG question is will Jenna Bush’s wedding ceremony take place at the White House.

Another celebrity wedding, and so many questions. Tom Cruise and Kate Holmes, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker, Niki Taylor and Burney Lamar… and now Jenna Bush and Henry Hagar. We are fascinated with celebrity weddings. Where will they marry, what dress will she wear, what guests will be invited and on and on.

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