Can you be specific regarding the differences in sexual desire and preferences between males and females? Since I’m getting married next July, I would like to know how my future husband’s needs will differ from my own. Could you summarizeRead more…
Difference Between Male and Female Sex Drives
Is the felt need for sex the same in both males and females? Many men and women differ significantly in their manifestations of sexual desire. Research seems to indicate that the intensity of pleasure and excitation at the time ofRead more…
Making a Marriage Last
For anyone contemplating marriage, here are seven straightforward recommendations that will increase the chance of living happily ever after: A Sunday school teacher once gave me some advice that I never forgot. He said, “Don’t marry the person you thinkRead more…
Premarital Counseling Necessary?
Do you recommend premarital counseling for engaged couples? If so, why? My fiancee and I have spent hours getting to know each other over the past year, so why should we bother with the time and expense of counseling? PremaritalRead more…
Can Marriage Survive Tragedy?
My uncle and aunt were happily married for nine years before a couple of terrible things happened. First their youngest child drowned in a neighborhood pool, and then my uncle was injured in an automobile accident. Instead of bringing themRead more…
Can Husbands Meet Wives’ Emotional Needs?
Are you suggesting that women should seek to meet some of their emotional needs outside of marriage? That is precisely what I’m saying, particularly with regard to an emotionally vulnerable woman who is married to a stoic, unromantic man. IfRead more…
Emotional Differences Between Men and Women
How do men and women differ emotionally, and are those differences caused by cultural influences or genetic factors? No doubt, some of the differences in masculine and feminine characteristics are culturally induced. It is foolish, however, to discount the impactRead more…
Hope for Dying Marriages
Is there any hope for a marriage that seems to be dying? If there is hope for dying marriages, and I certainly believe there is, then it is likely to be found in the reconstruction of respect between warring husbandsRead more…
Dr. Dobson on Divorce and Remarriage
There are so many differing opinions about what the Bible says regarding divorce. Does Dr. Dobson believe that it’s okay for Christians to get divorced? Dr. Dobson has opposed divorce as an answer to marital discord with everything that isRead more…
Causes of Divorce
Would you identify some of the major “marriage killers” that are most responsible for the high divorce rate that plagues today’s families? It would take perhaps fifty volumes to describe them all, and even then we would only scratch theRead more…