"Sexless Marriage : Does Your Sexless Marriage Have You Thinking About Divorce?"

Written by Karl Augustine


If you are in a sexless marriage and are unhappy because of it, don't worry, it isn't unrecoverable but it is serious cause for concern. You may even be thinking that you need a divorce because of your sexless marriage, that's only natural. But, in order to really decide what to do, some thinking needs to be done so you feel good about your decision, regardless if you stay married or not.

Being stuck in a sexless marriage can have you feeling a wide range of feelings from loneliness, listlessness, confusion, unconfident, etc. These feelings come about for a variety of reasons and they can be overcome if you just figure out why you're in a sexless marriage. You need to get torepparttar root ofrepparttar 111090 problem and uncoverrepparttar 111091 real reasons that you and your spouse are no longer sexually active assuming of course, you once were!

To get torepparttar 111092 heart ofrepparttar 111093 causes for a sexless marriage will take some time. Onrepparttar 111094 surface, you may be thinking thatrepparttar 111095 cause of your sexless marriage may include one or more ofrepparttar 111096 following scenarios:

Sexless Marriage: "We both work too much!":

You both work extremely hard and there just never seems to be enough time to get together, your schedules are skewed. This is true a lot nowadays withrepparttar 111097 'new' economy, lots of couples are married but just live together like roommates if both parties have 'time-consuming' careers. If not managed properly, it is unfortunate but common for people in this type of lifestyle to end up in a sexless marriage.

Sexless Marriage: "You work, I stay home withrepparttar 111098 kid/s!":

One of you works very hard with your career and one of you stays home to raiserepparttar 111099 children (child), which is equally as hard as any career! This situation can lead to a sexless marriage in many cases because ofrepparttar 111100 seemingly disparate priority base of each party. The spouse withrepparttar 111101 career may need to work after hours, travel, or attend "post work" functions andrepparttar 111102 spouse who stays home raisingrepparttar 111103 children (child) may not have any other outlet for relaxation away fromrepparttar 111104 home front. This situation can easily lead to a sexless marriage because there may be underlying feelings from both sides that contribute to an already tough situation based on personal and work related schedules.

The spouse withrepparttar 111105 career may say at times, "Why do you think I work so hard? I do it for you,repparttar 111106 kids, our family, etc.". The spouse who stays home withrepparttar 111107 children (child) may say at times, "You have another release, you have social interaction daily withrepparttar 111108 outside world. I feel stuck here sometimes, I need to get out and have time for myself.". Ifrepparttar 111109 spouse that stays home feels likerepparttar 111110 spouse withrepparttar 111111 career enjoys being out and working more than being home, that calls for a whole different and escalated level of concern! Chances arerepparttar 111112 sexless marriage was bound to be that way beforerepparttar 111113 current situation even arose.

Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Written by Donna Schwartz Mills


Harry Potter andrepparttar Prisoner of Azkaban review © 2004 by Donna Schwartz Mills

Studio: Warner Brothers MPAA Rating: PG for frightening moments, creature violence and mild language Mom Rating: 5 out of 5 Kid Rating: 5 out of 5

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis Writer: Steve Kloves Director: Alfonso Cuarón

It's shaping up to be a wonderful summer for family films. Hot onrepparttar 111089 heels of "Shrek 2," which is still breaking box office records, we now haverepparttar 111090 third installment inrepparttar 111091 "Harry Potter" series. I firmly believe that years from now, our children will be showing these films to our grandchildren withrepparttar 111092 same reverence we now hold for "The Wizard of Oz"... only with Harry, we will ultimately have seven classic fantasy adventures to enjoy.

Many Hollywood types were surprised when young hotshot director Alfonso Cuarón accepted this job afterrepparttar 111093 success of his racy hit, "Y Tu Mama Tambien." It was later revealed that J.K. Rowling herself was such a fan of Cuarón's filmed version of "A Little Princess" that he was actually *her* first choice to helm Harry's debut. Chris Columbus ended up bringingrepparttar 111094 first two novels torepparttar 111095 screen, and some critics lamented that Columbus was a little too faithful torepparttar 111096 books. There was much speculation that Cuarón would bring a more daring touch to "Azkaban." However, Columbus is still on hand as a producer, and this film doesn't veer too far away fromrepparttar 111097 world he already created forrepparttar 111098 screen.

The one big difference between this film andrepparttar 111099 previous ones are that so much ofrepparttar 111100 action takes place outside Hogwarts castle, but that's as much a reflection of Rowling's book as any decisions made by Cuarón.

"The Prisoner of Azkaban" is a transitional chapter in Harry Potter's story, bridgingrepparttar 111101 wonder and discovery ofrepparttar 111102 first two books intorepparttar 111103 darker, more dangerous tone of those that follow. Harry and his friends are now 13 years old and fully experiencingrepparttar 111104 emotional ups and downs of adolescence. Because of his tragic history and difficult living situation, Harry's feelings are a little more intense. Where a normal teenager may haverepparttar 111105 urge to slam a door in anger,repparttar 111106 rage of a teen wizard can do some actual harm (which he demonstrates to comic effect).

Once again, Harry arrives at Hogwarts underrepparttar 111107 vague threat of mortal danger. Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), a legendary murderer, has escaped from Azkaban prison, and we soon find out thatrepparttar 111108 entire wizarding world expects that Harry will be his next victim. Searching for Black arerepparttar 111109 prison's creepy guards; ghostly creatures known as Dementors, who disturbingly take an interest in Harry. Inrepparttar 111110 course ofrepparttar 111111 year, Harry learns more about his past -- and gets closer torepparttar 111112 understandingrepparttar 111113 circumstances that led torepparttar 111114 death of his parents, Lily and James.

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