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Category Archives: Marriage
When a woman cries…
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “If your man over time shuts down, it is because he’s afraid to say to you certain things. You don’t want to engender that in your spouse.” “When a woman cries, it’s … Continue reading
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Dr. Laura: ‘These Days, Most Women Are Pigs’
Orthodox Judaism and I agree with everything said in the following video minus the inflammatory language. There’s no need to call men or women “pigs” for having sex in the first few dates. First, most women don’t do this. Second, … Continue reading
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Dennis Prager: Men’s Way Of Complaining Is Shutting Down
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “I suspect that most of you did not marry a man who was shut down. So something must’ve happened. Men’s way of complaining is to shut down.” Steve calls from Reno: “Over … Continue reading
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Tagged appellate court, Dennis Prager, mama bear, radio show, reflex
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Do You Want To Control Your Spouse’s Thoughts?
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “The greatest Jewish philosopher and legalist, Maimonides, said that a Jew should never say, pig, eww, it’s disgusting. Rather, a Jew should say a pig sounds delicious, but God says no. “Bacon … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, jewish philosopher, legalist, maimonides, totalitarianism
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Rick Santorum Wants Your Sex Life To Be Special And He’s Right
The natural state of the male is to toss his life away pursuing easy gratification with no commitment. Only by stigmatizing all sexual expression outside of heterosexual marriage will most men commit to one woman and stay around to raise … Continue reading
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Tagged dangers of contraception, important public policy issues, public policy issues, rick santorum, sexual expression, sexual union
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If Your Spouse Is Bipolar, How Much Should You Put Up With?
If your spouse has some kind of syndrome, how much should you put up with? I say you should not put up with any more than if the spouse had no such diagnosis or syndrome. There’s nothing that forces you … Continue reading
Earning Your Love
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager made the case against unconditional love. “No matter how I treat her, I will get love? “People should feel that they should earn the love of their spouse every day. Didn’t you feel … Continue reading
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Separate Vacations
I first heard about separate vacations about 20 years ago and I was shocked. My friend said separate vacations enhances a marriage. It sounded to me like a bitter statement from a bitter man about a marriage in trouble. On … Continue reading
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Tagged bitter man, booster shot, Dennis Prager, marriage in trouble, separate vacations, vacation time
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Is No Contact 12 Days A Month Healthy For A Marriage?
Kate calls the Dennis Prager show today: “I’m an Orthodox Jew. Us Orthodox Jews have mandatory separation [from spouses] for 12 days every month [the laws of family purity]. When I was becoming religious, I was told that this would … Continue reading
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Appreciating The Older Woman
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: The unfortunate breakup of the marriage between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher should be of interest even to those who have better things to do with their time than follow mindless Hollywood chatter and celebrity gossip. … Continue reading
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Tagged arnold schwarzenegger, celebrity gossip, demi moore and ashton kutcher, Eliot Spitzer, rabbi shmuley boteach, woman rabbi
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