Category: Marriage and Relationships

How to Plan a Beautiful Wedding for Under $3500

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How to Plan a Beautiful Wedding for Under $3500 - This Blended Home of Mine - Budget wedding ideas and tips to save money on your wedding day

How to Plan a Beautiful Wedding for Under $3500 Wayne and I got married. Yay!! ♥ When planning the wedding, we both knew that we didn’t want to pay an arm and a leg for it. What we wanted was a day to celebrate our choice to be with each other for always. For those of […]

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The 5 C’s That Will Destroy Your Marriage

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The 5Cs that will destroy your marriage if you let it - This Blended Home of Mine | Tips and truths on how to deal with marriage problems, so that it doesn't end in divorce

Marriage Problems that End in Divorce Okay, so let’s be real for a moment here. Marriage takes work. We’ve all got marriage problems. Just because you’ve found someone to share the rest of your life with, it doesn’t mean that it will be a happy one. A good marriage requires effort. You see, happily ever […]

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31 Small Acts that Will Strengthen Your Marriage

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31 Simple Acts that Will Strengthen Your Marriage - This Blended Home of Mine _ Marriage, Marriage Problems, Marriage Advice, Marriage Tips, Marriage Goals, Relationships

Marriage is a Promise Marriage is a sacred promise made by two people with all the very best of intentions. Unfortunately, sometimes… things just don’t go as we hoped they would. Sometimes, even the best of relationships fail. Between myself and my partner, Wayne, we have a combined experience of 42 years of marriage. We […]

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15 Signs of Emotional Abuse and Control In Relationships

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15 Signs of Emotional Abuse and Control in Relationships - This Blended Home of Mine _ Signs of Emotional Abuse, Toxic Relationships, Walking Away from Toxic Relationships

Relationships Are Not Fair At some point, you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart, but not in your life. That’s what Sandi Lynn said. It’s true, you know. There are those people who will stay in your life forever; and then there are those for who we are better off […]

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How to Make New Friends After Your Divorce

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7 ways to make new friends after divorce - This Blended Home of Mine _ Tips on how to make new friends as an adult after divorce

Making Friends As an Adult is Tough I didn’t know how to make new friends after divorce. It was a surreal and intimidating experience. The day I separated from my ex-husband, was also the day that I learned who my true friends were. Unfortunately, this also included family. My best friends slowly disappeared into the […]

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Living With Anxiety

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The Truth About Living with Anxiety - This Blended Home of Mine - Deal with anxiety and depression, a journey to becoming unbroken

Living With Anxiety About nine and a half years ago, I left work in a hurry in the middle of the day. My poor boss did not understand what was going on. I was filled with an overwhelming sense of dread and panic that I could not shake. I recall driving on the motorway, crying, […]

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10 Signs In Your Marriage You Should Not Ignore

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Is Your Marriage Working? It is likely that you are reading this because you are 1 – unhappy in your marriage, 2 – thinking about a separation, or 3 – you have been through it. Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means that if you click through and make a purchase, I will get […]

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How to Support Your Children When Your Separation is Not Amicable

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What to do when your separation is not amicable - This Blended Home of Mine

When my ex husband and I separated – it was a disaster Nothing prepared me for the lengths that he would take to be difficult. I initiated our separation. I said I would be honest right? So here it is. I met someone else. While I didn’t physically cheat on my ex; I did so, […]

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