The Couples Post

Support for married couples, by married couples.

  • About
  • Date Night Ideas
  • 50 Ways to Love Your Lover
  • About
  • Date Night Ideas
  • 50 Ways to Love Your Lover

Pages

  • 20 Ways to Become a More Patient Spouse this Week
  • 25 Conversation Starter Questions on Sexuality
  • 50 Questions to ask your spouse besides “How was your day?”
  • 50 Ways to Engage Kids on a Budget
  • 50 Ways to Love Your Lover
  • About
  • At Home Dating
  • BAILEY’S TREE
  • Barriers to Forgiveness and Healing
  • Confronting for the Sake of Our Relationship
  • Conversation Starters
  • Date Night Ideas
  • Dialogue
  • Double Chocolate Brownies
  • Emotional Bank Account
  • Feelings Reflect Who I am as a Unique Individual
  • Four Basic Psychological Needs
  • How to Foster Teamwork – A Starter List
  • In Memory of Fr. Tom Ogg
  • Let’s Talk about Sex
  • Making Decisions as a Couple – 10 Steps
  • Marriage Check-up Exercise
  • Our Family Commandments
  • Phones at the Dinner Table Discussion Questions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Re-Evaluation
  • Stress vs. Burnout and Depression
  • The Power of Positive: Examples of Converting Negatives about our Relationship to Positives
  • There’s Always Something More to Talk About
  • Worldwide Marriage Encounter Experience
  • Writing a Focused Love Letter
  • Accountability

    Get Real!

    October 30, 2023 / 3 Comments

    How does one describe a Journey without talking about the people who walk with you and influence your passage through life. Fr. Tom Ogg was one such companion and his message to “Get Real!” has been emblazoned on our hearts.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    More Than a Piece of Paper

    July 19, 2021
    angry couple

    Making Up is Hard to Do

    August 28, 2022
    running up the down escalator

    Running Up A Downward Escalator 

    May 11, 2026
  • Perseverance,  Stress,  Time

    Life Outside Our Comfort Zone

    September 24, 2023 / No Comments

    Life outside our comfort zone has benefits. When we challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zone, it brings growth and fulfillment. Unfortunately, the fear of failure can sometimes keep us in the safe zone.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    We’re Broken  

    January 12, 2026

    April 19th

    April 19, 2021

    How to FIX Your Spouse

    July 12, 2020
  • Communication

    Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say

    August 13, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Seriously, Don’t hide the chocolate! Lesson learned: “Say what you mean. Mean what you say.”

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    The Rituals of Connection

    August 13, 2024

    How We Saved Our Failing Marriage

    September 9, 2019
    Boy Send Girl love letters by paper airplane

    Love Letters

    November 1, 2021
  • Decision to Love

    Mud in the Backyard

    July 9, 2023 / No Comments

    Mud in the backyard. You might think there is a metaphor in that. Maybe there is.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    The Secret Recipe of Intimacy

    February 11, 2019

    Making Decisions as a Couple is a 3-Legged Race

    June 5, 2022

    Our “One of a Kind” Marriage

    July 28, 2024
  • Uncategorized

    Sacrificing in Marriage Can Lead to Resentment

    May 22, 2023 / No Comments

    Marriage often requires and benefits from sacrifice. It is a willingness to put your partner’s needs above your own. In a study published in 2021, it was shown that sacrificing in a marriage can lead to resentment and other ‘hidden costs’ like anger and guilt.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    Man holding car door open for woman little things

    Little Things Mean a Lot

    December 1, 2025

    Blessings to You From The Couples Post

    December 25, 2025

    Easter Blessings:

    April 20, 2025
  • Grief,  Honesty,  Making Decisions,  Stress

    Out of the Mouth of Babes

    April 16, 2023 / No Comments

    Out of the Mouth of Babes . . . Several weeks ago, we got a 7-month old standard poodle, Jazzy. Our 2 cats were quite perturbed as they had not been included in the decision. They were rampant with emotion and the cat tree became their safe haven.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    5 Things I Wish I’d Done Differently

    June 26, 2023

    So Over COVID!

    May 25, 2020

    April 19th

    April 19, 2021
  • Uncategorized

    Life is Full of Risks

    March 6, 2023 / 2 Comments

    Life is full of Risks. Financial, emotional, and physical – we take them all the time. There is nothing more endearing than hearing, “Again! Again! Again!” after swinging a toddler in the air. Children instinctively take risks. As we age, risk taking becomes intentional, calculated and requires effort, but staying in the safe zone is also taking a risk.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    Making Decisions as a Couple is a 3-Legged Race

    June 5, 2022

    Hibernation Is For Bears

    October 18, 2021
    Happy Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    November 25, 2024
  • Accountability,  Differences

    Opposites Don’t Attract — They Attack

    January 29, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Let’s debunk the myth that “Opposites attract” once and for all. We are attracted to our spouse because they complement us. They bring completeness to our lives. In a relationship completeness is more than finding the missing piece to a puzzle. When the puzzle is done, it’s satisfying, but no longer fun and interesting.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    Young wife with headache husband loving her in sickness and in health

    In Sickness and In Health

    September 20, 2021

    Practice What You Preach

    March 3, 2025

    Are We Scrolling by Our Relationship? (Repost)

    July 14, 2025
  • Uncategorized

    Have New Year’s Resolutions Become Cliche?

    December 26, 2022 / No Comments

    Millions of people make New Year’s resolutions. Some make the same resolution year after year. It doesn’t take statistics to show we are not great at keeping them. Have New Year’s resolutions become cliche? Or are we making the wrong resolutions, or the right resolutions but for the wrong reasons?

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    Man holding car door open for woman little things

    Little Things Mean a Lot

    December 1, 2025
    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas!

    December 23, 2024
    weighing planned versus spontaneity

    The Spontaneity Spark

    May 16, 2022
  • Behaviors,  Communication,  Honesty,  Making Decisions,  Playfulness,  Stress,  Time

    3 Tips to Reduce Holiday Stress

    November 14, 2022 / No Comments

    Like it or not, the Holidays are upon us. Jack-o-Lanterns may still be on the porches, but Christmas will be here before we know it. Here are 3 practical tips to reduce Holiday stress and find Joy as the Countdown to Christmas continues.

    Read More
    Tom and Mary Frances

    You May Also Like

    My Tip Troll

    May 30, 2022

    3 Ways to Date Your Spouse

    September 30, 2024

    3 Life Lessons From the Movie ‘Wicked’

    December 9, 2024
12345

Categories

Subscribe

Subscribe to receive new content every week
Loading

Recent Posts

  • Running Up A Downward Escalator 
  • The BEST of Your Life
  • Hurkle-durkling As Emotional Foreplay
  • Yelping My Spouse Round One
  • Coasting

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
© 2026 The Couples Post