"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 to root of problem and uncover real reasons that you and your spouse are no longer sexually active assuming of course, you once were! To get to heart of causes for a sexless marriage will take some time. On surface, you may be thinking that cause of your sexless marriage may include one or more of 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 with '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 with kid/s!": One of you works very hard with your career and one of you stays home to raise children (child), which is equally as hard as any career! This situation can lead to a sexless marriage in many cases because of seemingly disparate priority base of each party. The spouse with career may need to work after hours, travel, or attend "post work" functions and spouse who stays home raising children (child) may not have any other outlet for relaxation away from 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 with career may say at times, "Why do you think I work so hard? I do it for you, kids, our family, etc.". The spouse who stays home with children (child) may say at times, "You have another release, you have social interaction daily with outside world. I feel stuck here sometimes, I need to get out and have time for myself.". If spouse that stays home feels like spouse with career enjoys being out and working more than being home, that calls for a whole different and escalated level of concern! Chances are sexless marriage was bound to be that way before current situation even arose.
| | Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanWritten by Donna Schwartz Mills
Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban review © 2004 by Donna Schwartz MillsStudio: 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 on heels of "Shrek 2," which is still breaking box office records, we now have third installment in "Harry Potter" series. I firmly believe that years from now, our children will be showing these films to our grandchildren with 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 after 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 bringing first two novels to screen, and some critics lamented that Columbus was a little too faithful to 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 from world he already created for screen. The one big difference between this film and previous ones are that so much of 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, bridging wonder and discovery of first two books into darker, more dangerous tone of those that follow. Harry and his friends are now 13 years old and fully experiencing 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 have urge to slam a door in anger, rage of a teen wizard can do some actual harm (which he demonstrates to comic effect). Once again, Harry arrives at Hogwarts under vague threat of mortal danger. Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), a legendary murderer, has escaped from Azkaban prison, and we soon find out that entire wizarding world expects that Harry will be his next victim. Searching for Black are prison's creepy guards; ghostly creatures known as Dementors, who disturbingly take an interest in Harry. In course of year, Harry learns more about his past -- and gets closer to understanding circumstances that led to death of his parents, Lily and James.
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