"Sexless Marriage : Does Your Sexless Marriage Have You Thinking About Divorce?" Written by Karl Augustine
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Sexless Marriage: "I don't know why...there's just no spark left, you don't pay enough attention to me and our sex life and I guess I don't either!": This is a common sexless marriage situation and it can be caused by a variety of things including emotional scars, bad experiences, boredom, laziness, etc. In this situation, there is deep cause for concern from both parties because both parties aren't happy sexually but don't really know why it ended up this way. Both parties have just "let things go" and didn't place a high enough priority on their sex life with their spouse, which in and of itself is very concerning. Why would either or both parties let things get this way when love making is so important? Sometimes there's a feeling of being taken for granted that can occur in this type of sexless marriage, and both parties should realize that sex is a basic human need and should take priority over other things at right time. It takes work to get out of this type of sexless marriage, you need to sit down and figure out why your marital love life has dwindled. If you both really want to rekindle things, you can do so, but you both need to take equal responsibility for correcting problem. Whatever type of sexless marriage you are in (there's certainly more types than listed here), remember that it is not unrecoverable. If you're to point of thinking about getting a divorce because of your sexless marriage, take time to sit down and figure out how it got to be way it is now. If you've lost interest in your spouse from a sexual point of view, you need to define exactly why that occurred. If you don't know right off hand, you need to think back to a time when you did 'have spark' and recall what you both were doing, feeling, thinking, etc. From that point, identify what has changed, why it has changed, and what you can do about it. When you get that portion figured out, you may well on your way to taking first step of recovering from your sexless marriage. Remember, if you really want to rekindle your relationship, you can.

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| | Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanWritten by Donna Schwartz Mills
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Much of his new-found knowledge is provided by Professor Lupin, a new teacher with a dark secret, portrayed by David Thewlis. It turns out that like dreaded Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Lupin was a classmate of Lily and James Potter. Unlike Snape, he was their friend -- and he takes Harry under his wing. The "Harry Potter" series seems to be employing entire population of good British actors. In addition to Thewlis and Oldman (who are both wonderful), this film brings us Emma Thompson as a flakey teacher of prognostication and Julie Christie as a witchy pub owner. Michael Gambon replaces late Richard Harris as headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Gambon's is a more robust and mischievous portrayal, and while he's very good, Harris' frailty brought more poignance to role. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint (as Harry, Hermione and Ron) are growing into very attractive young actors who can really carry action, and director Cuarón gets most out of them. This is good, but it's at expense of veterans Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman. Rickman makes best of his diminished presence by stealing every scene he is in with drippy malevolence. Like previous "Harry Potter" films, this one is rated PG for some frightening moments, so parents should evaluate whether their younger children can handle it or not. I felt this one was a lot safer for little ones because dangers Harry and his friends face are more psychological: There is no face-off with evil Voldemort (just wait until movie #4!) and nothing as graphically scary as giant snake and spiders we saw in last film. What you have here are spooky Dementors and a werewolf; if your kids could handle "Scooby-Doo" without nightmares, they should be fine with "The Prisoner of Azkaban." The movie feels a little more disjointed than previous two, which may be due to need to condense action into 136 minutes (which is pretty long for a film these days, especially one targeted to families). Potter fans may miss some of details revealed in novel, and those who aren't familiar with book may have a few moments when they have trouble following story. My eight-year- old daughter, who enjoyed it very much, left with several questions about what was motivating Professor Lupin and Sirius Black. She wants to see it again... but in meantime, she is actually reading book. A movie that is entertaining *and* inspires your kids to read? There's nothing better than that...

Former entertainment industry Donna Schwartz Mills now feeds her movie habit by dragging her little girl to every family film that comes out, often on opening day. She says she can't wait for her daughter to turn 17. Read more family film reviews at http://www.Family-Content.com.
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