tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post8490176315337435762..comments2023-11-02T05:44:49.653-04:00Comments on If Beth had a blog: 14 Things I Want to Tell Folks About to Be MarriedBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11534519354546424765noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post-25611834954674213122014-10-20T09:51:37.309-04:002014-10-20T09:51:37.309-04:00ruining Jerry Maguire - well, we all have to have...ruining Jerry Maguire - well, we all have to have a talent, don't we? :-)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534519354546424765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post-64662044176445406152014-10-20T09:50:49.585-04:002014-10-20T09:50:49.585-04:00Good idea. Thanks for checking in. BethGood idea. Thanks for checking in. BethBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534519354546424765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post-7174774338191141502014-10-20T09:50:15.040-04:002014-10-20T09:50:15.040-04:00Ginny, love the thin glue imagery. So true, eh? ...Ginny, love the thin glue imagery. So true, eh? And oh, the strengthening. Reading Malcolm Gladwell's book David & Goliath just now - lots of examples there about how seeming disadvantages/challenges actually work to our benefit - that strength out of adversity experience yet again. Hugs, BethBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534519354546424765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post-57899648478359848122014-10-19T10:04:34.175-04:002014-10-19T10:04:34.175-04:00True words, modeled by my parents for me. The glu...True words, modeled by my parents for me. The glue that holds a marriage together can sometimes become so thin that only the fact that it was a promise made in front of God holds it at all. But, when a relationship has weathered several such stressful times, it seems that it becomes, like broken bones, even stronger for the breaking.Ginny Neil, The Singing Farmwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098392391259327445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post-9975985633701372832014-10-18T20:07:33.702-04:002014-10-18T20:07:33.702-04:00You should print these and give them to the couple...You should print these and give them to the couple and title it with the last line you wrote<br /><br />I wish my sisters had had this list before they married. I wish you had to answer whether or not your could do these things and if not why?<br /><br />I wish the parents of the couple had to answer what is good and bad about their marriage and how hard they worked to keep it together or divorce and shatter childhood memories that parents while they might make mistakes know what they are doing-- when they don't- deep down they are as they have always been unless they have grown into someone new.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing <br />MelissaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post-89077061098479950592014-10-18T17:53:43.009-04:002014-10-18T17:53:43.009-04:00Ahh, Beth.. you ruined Jerry Maguire for me! :-)
...Ahh, Beth.. you ruined Jerry Maguire for me! :-)<br /><br />Wish someone had spelled it out so plainly for me in this manner when I was young -- or even older!Marilyn Moragnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427476589355349725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997948737327924359.post-5627547914124676542014-10-18T09:48:41.705-04:002014-10-18T09:48:41.705-04:00Good advice for any relationship.Good advice for any relationship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com