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#1 ·
Welcome to Talk About Marriage.

Talk About Marriage is a forum to discuss marriage and relationships. Here, we interpret the word "marriage" loosely, recognizing that many different people from different cultures view marriage differently. It is important to be patient and respectful with other members, no matter how different our views are.

Please read our forum guidelines before posting on Talk About Marriage.

If you have a relationship problem that you want feedback on, the best place to start is in the General Relationship Discussion section. Click this link, and click the "New Thread" button at the top left to start a new thread about whatever it is that you want feedback on.

If you have technical difficulties with the website, please post them in the technical difficulties section.

Thanks for visiting.
 
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I Dave, mid 50s, live in the Ozarks after 25 years around Washington, DC. I'm divorced (for 5 years) after married for just shy of 20. I have a mutual friend (hi, Drac) reference this site so I thought I'd check it out. I'm currently in a good relationship of almost 2.5 years and looking for much more. I hope to be able to contribute as well as learn from everyone.
 
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I am really hurting. Married almost 15 years with 3 beautiful kids. He is such a wonderful provider, but that is about all I can say. He travels 80% out of the year and when he is here he is critical and distant with all of us especially with me. We were so much happier before we had things. What happened? We are on a downward spiral.
 
#44 ·
hi all...

i'm sure like many, i found this place in a late night google desparation search. lucky me. had i not found it, i don't know where i'd be right now. i've already been thru one counselor and dozens of self-help sites. i'm separated for the better part of 4 months and this has been a great dose of sanity through all the insanity. i truly believe my marriage is on the (long term) heal due to the input of many on this forum (thanks drac, swedish, niki, justean, mark twain. awww crap, i'm gonna forget someone...). i try to help anywhere i can, mostly drawing from the pain of my experiences. hope that doesn't offend the recipients. anyway, thanks to the moderators, administrators, and experienced contributors for all the help. i believe this forum recieves divine help.
carry on!
 
#58 ·
Good morning
My name is Jake and I had trouble with my marriage last year. I am currently separated and living in what I call limbo.
Even though there was infidelity in the marriage I still love my wife and hope that someday I can either let go or she will come back to me.
Thank you for this forum as it has helped my transition and healing over the past 8 months.
I hope to return and keep reading these valuable posts in hopes to gain some insight to married life.
 
#59 ·
Hi Chris

I am having problems and this is the first time and first person I have spoken to... I hope to find help somewhere. I'm not married to a bad person and I have a lovely family but I am very miserable. I am 44, outgoing and used to be bubbly. My marriage is a dull 'friendship' my teenage children are becoming independent, and the credit crunch has hit us 'big time'.... help
 
#60 ·
Here is my intro! I was looking for a new forum. I found this. The last forum I was one, well I got kicked off for a couple weeks for being truthful. People don't like hearing the truth sometimes. I asked what I did and was shocked that would get someone in trouble. Anyways, I'm feeling a little out of my mind so I wanted to find somewhere to help out with a little issue of mine.
 
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Welcome to Talk About Marriage.

Talk About Marriage is a forum to discuss marriage and relationships. Here, we interpret the word "marriage" loosely, recognizing that many different people from different cultures view marriage differently.

I started Talk About Marriage because I know that there are a ton of people out there looking for help and support in their relationships. Talk About Marriage provides a unique opportunity for people to anonymously post and provide feedback to others about their relationships. There is no cost for using this website; it is entirely supported by advertising and it's parent site, The Family & Marriage Counseling Directory.

The Family & Marriage Counseling Directory has been one of the top sites in the search engines for "Marriage Counseling" and "Family Counseling" since 2003. Because of this, I am aware of the masses of people that are searching for help on the internet. Based on some rough statistics, I can estimate that about a half million visitors came to the site this past year.

Talk About Marriage is designed to be a community forum for those interested in talking to others about their relationships, but perhaps not ready to take the extra step to get professional help. Be aware that there are professionals available for relationship help all around the world, and The Family & Marriage Counseling Directory is just a small sample of therapists who have chosen to advertise.

The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy has a service called Therapist Locator, which lists trained marriage and family therapists in the US, Canada, and Overseas.

The American Psychological Association also has a referral service called the APA Help Center.

In addition, the Open Directory Project has a category full of other mental health counseling directories. And there are advertisers on this site who provide professional services as well.

As you can see, I am partial to professional help. One reason being, that I have a post-graduate degree in Social Work, and I believe it to be a worthy field with impeccable values. The other reason I am partial to professional help, is that I've done my own work in different forms of therapy for many years, and I've found it to be an incredible life-enriching process that has helped me to become a good husband and father. Therapy has a way of helping me see things I wouldn't normally see, and learn things about myself that I might never have learned.

Of course, I've heard all of the horror stories about therapists out there who "did this" or "said that!" I'm very fortunate that the one's I've spent time with have been well-trained and ethical. People should be aware that every state has licensing bodies who are there to deal with unethical behavior, and it is our duty to report unethical conduct.

That brings me back to this forum :D . Please read our posting guidelines. This forum is open to the general public, and there is no guarantee about what anyone here might say. Please be respectful of others, regardless of how different your views are.

Thank you for visiting my site.


Chris Hartwell
Good Morning. I have lots of questions and I am not sure where to begin.
 
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