Challenges
From getting him to pitch in with housework to overcoming family issues, we'll help you deal with marriage challenges, big and small.
The Pilot's Wife
When my husband, Sully Sullenberger, became a national hero overnight, I quickly found out about the price of fame.
All Challenges Stories
- How to Stop Fighting with Your Husband
- Confessions of a Terrible Housewife
- Casualties of War: The 2012 Essay Contest Winner
- Nothing Says Love Like a Big Metal Chicken
- Ten Years Without Jeff
- The Face of Domestic Violence
- How to Fight Fair: Take the Bite out of Dogs Days of Summer
- Why Do Women Make All the Household Decisions?
- The Pilot's Wife
- Marriage Under Fire: Military Couples
- My Big Fat First Wedding
- The Last Couple Standing
- Lonely Wives Club
- The Too-Comfortable Zone
- What He's Really Thinking When You Fight
- Finance: The Second Time Around
- Financially Independent -- and Married
- He Says, She Says: Handling the "Fat" Question, Your Spouse's Relatives, and Friendship Woes
- When You Can't Listen Another Minute
- In Love and Marriage, Money Matters
- Is Your Partner Depressed?
- Relationship Q&A: Depression: His and Hers
- Relationship Q&A: I'm Concerned About His Drinking
- Relationship Q&A: We Overspent in "Good" Times
- Romance and Finance: Making It All Add Up
- Losing Lulu: Coping with the Loss of a Child
- Relationship Q&A: Ex Wants More Alimony
- Relationship Q&A: He Controls the Purse Strings
- Relationship Q&A: He Makes Me Feel Guilty About Shopping
- Relationship Q&A: He Prefers Porn to Me
- Relationship Q&A: He's a Spender; I'm a Saver
- Relationship Q&A: He's in Love With a Male Coworker
- Relationship Q&A: Hiding Credit Card Debt
- Relationship Q&A: Holidays at Home or Your Mother-in-Laws?
- Relationship Q&A: I Can't Stand His Family
- Relationship Q&A: I Caught Him Looking at Porn
- Relationship Q&A: I Want a Baby; He Doesn't
- Relationship Q&A: I Want Him to Have a Steady Income
- Relationship Q&A: Mixing Family and Business
- Relationship Q&A: My Depression Drove My Wife Away
- Relationship Q&A: My Mother-in-Law Hates Me
- Relationship Q&A: Post-9/11 Stress
- Are Your Fighting Styles In Sync?
- Conquer His Gambling Addiction
- Is Cyberporn Coming Between You?
- "I'm a compulsive shopper"
- Sex, Lies, and Double Lives
- Their Love Had Gone Cold
- "We Were Living Like Roommates"
- He Didn't Know How to Listen to Her
- Her Depression Was Tearing Them Apart
- Our Kids Drove Us Crazy
- They Regretted Their Divorce
- She Felt He Let Her Down
- She Was the Sole Breadwinner
- "He Acted Like He Was Still Single"
- They Had to Give Back Their Baby Boy
- We Lived Separate Lives
- She Wanted Him to Grow Up
- Afraid to Commit: Young Men Want to Wait on Marriage
- Couples Clinic: Say What You Mean -- Without Being Bossy
- Couples Clinic: Finding More Quality Time
- Couples Clinic: Stay Connected During a Crisis
- They Fought Over Chores and Decisions
- They Worried They Had Grown Apart
- Couples Clinic: Be a Parenting Team
- When Mr. Right is a "Mama's Boy"
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