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Marriage Advice: Learn How to Ride the Emotional Seesaw

Marriage Advice: Learn How to Ride the Emotional Seesaw
My wife and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary yesterday, and though 732 days of being a husband doesn’t exactly make me a sage, I started thinking about what made us work so well.  One of the keys to a successful relationship, at least in my opinion, is emotional support.  Without this a partnership...

Relationship Advice: Don’t Ignore Red Flags

Relationship Advice: Don’t Ignore Red Flags
I apologize to any of my readers that have been missing my advice columns.  I’ve been so wrapped up in this baby thing that I can’t exactly focus on anything else.  But today I was struck with inspiration and knew it would make a good topic.  That being said, let’s get to it.   Before...

Sh*t, Or Get Off The Pot

Sh*t, Or Get Off The Pot
This may be my first post that I have to apologize to the male population for my honesty, because this may stir up some controversy in your home.   I’m sorry. It’s no secret that I’m a huge proponent of marriage.  I mean, who would have a site called CoolMarriedGuy.com and only sort...

Confessions From A First Time Father-To-Be: Vol. 1

Confessions From A First Time Father-To-Be: Vol. 1
As the summertime came to a close, my marriage hit the one year milestone, and my wife went back to work as a teacher, a fairly new conversation was injected into our nightly couch talks.  “Hon, I think I want a baby.”  she said, and though I knew I inevitably wanted kids some day, I didn’t...

A Man’s Guide to Buying Better Presents

A Man’s Guide to Buying Better Presents
As the holiday season rears its ugly head, and the last Thanksgiving-induced poop is out of your body, it becomes time again for all of us men to pretend like we are as good at buying gifts as our female counterparts.  Though as a species we may not necessarily possess the same instinct for purchasing...

Ask A CMG: How To Propose

Ask A CMG: How To Propose
Apparently my CMG branding tactics have been working, because as of late a few of my Twitter followers and friends have began coming to yours truly for advice on getting their own marriage plans in effect.  Not only did the conversations work as a proverbial “at a boy,” but they got me thinking...

Getting Older Together

Getting Older Together
Not a day goes by when I don’t wake up and notice that I’ve gotten older.  Whether it’s a gray hair in my chest or goatee, a pain in my back or neck that seemingly came out of nowhere, or the amount of times I find myself waking up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, it’s...

Favorite Marriage Quote

Favorite Marriage Quote
“Don’t marry someone you can live with, marry someone you can’t live without.” I can’t find any real proof of who is responsible for this quote, in fact, I heard it a about 10 years ago from a friend, who heard this from an old guy he used to refer to as “Old School,”...

Watching Girlie Movies/TV: A Husband’s Duty

Watching Girlie Movies/TV: A Husband’s Duty
Much of my life is about striving to be the absolute best husband I can be, because I’m married to a woman who is the absolute best wife. Within the pursuit of good husbandry(TM), there are a couple of things or events we as men will come across that we have little to no interest in being a part...

Friends: How Many of Us Have Them

Friends: How Many of Us Have Them
Tell the truth: since you’ve gotten married there’s been some casualties along the way.  You know, a couple of friends got jealous that you found someone that you liked way more than them, maybe just acted a little funny, or maybe took it so far as to insult your wife or wife-to-be, and...

Relationship Advice: Find Hobbies

Relationship Advice: Find Hobbies
One of the trickiest things about marriage is taking two human beings and putting them in the same space, where they will live out their lives  as individuals who are rarely ever by themselves, and who are constantly in the face of one another.  I don’t care if a set up like this exists between...

Relationship Advice: X-Out Your Exes

Relationship Advice: X-Out Your Exes
Disclaimer: I apologize to those of you who a) look forward to my introspect on relationships, that have probably visited the site in hopes of finding my relevant fodder, and have come up short here recently, and b) to those of you who hate reading my inner most thoughts on the single most important...

Relationship Advice: Kings & Queens

Relationship Advice: Kings & Queens
If you ask most men what they want in a wife, most would say that among other things they want to be treated like a king.  Now if what you’re looking for is a servant or a maid, there definitely are those type of women on the market….oh and you’re a douche bag….oh and you have...
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