Thank you for being part of Assume Love. Today, we celebrate our 20th anniversary.
Marriage tip of the day: Be that spouse who enthusiastically supports even your mate’s crazy hobbies and goals that you never want to participate in with them.
Like my husband. Happy Valentine’s Day to all.
Happy New Year! Let me begin with some gratitude. This has been an especially tough year for me, and I want to say a huge thank you to my husband of 23 years for picking up the slack on so many of my chores and for all his kindnesses as I dealt with my challenges. I have great hopes for 2026, now that I am well again and moving past the crushing grief of this year’s loss of another four...
Some marriages are not healthy and divorce is a good choice, a safe choice. Unfortunately, many others end in divorces, too, marriages that could have thrived again. Or they continue as pretense, for the kids, for the shared property, for the lack of financial options, even though they could have returned to loving, sharing, trusting relationships. If you’re not in immediate threat of death...
What does it mean to Assume Love? Technically, it means to suppose, think, or guess, without proof, that someone loves you. It’s not a bad guess if that someone has stood in front of your friends and family and pledged to love you as long as you both shall live. And yet most of us are given to wondering if they still love us, given what they just did or said or failed to say. When we are...
When one of you is laid off or seriously ill or grieving a parent’s recent death, both of you get stressed. So does your relationship. Choose carefully how to deal with each other. The last thing you need right now is to do a kindness for the other that gets rejected or sneered at. If your husband or wife is working extra hours to make up for your loss of income, it’s kind to take on...
