Once upon a time, a much younger Rich and Celeste met on a ballroom dance company, fell in love, married and naturally decided it would be a really good idea to become competitive ballroom dance partners. Friends and family warned against this since historically, it is known to be extremely difficult to be competitive partners with your spouse (ya know, without ripping each other’s heads off every practice). But, pssssshhhh, clearly these people underestimated the extent of our love, selflessness and easy-going natures . . . Nope. They were right. We lasted ONE competition, and this period was one of… Read More

We’re taking a break from being the world’s biggest killjoys today (by our usual poo-poo-ing on everyone’s favorite love songs) to applaud love songs instead! Specifically two love songs. Rich is talking all about faithfulness by lauding the song “Faithfully” by Journey (ahhh, what a nice song!) Typically we think of faithfulness only in terms of “have you cheated on our spouse or not?” But we are extending that definition today. What does it mean to be faithful, devoted and in awe of the person you married? And not just the person you married, but the person you are married… Read More

Do you have an over-bearing mother-in-law? A demanding father-in-law? What do you do? Grin and bear it? Confront them? Make your spouse confront them? Nothing, just complain to anyone and everyone not in your family about your in-laws? Thankfully, I do not, but this is a problem many, many couples face. In fact, problems with in-laws is cited in the top five most common thing couples fight about! (along with money, sex, work and kids) Top five! In today’s episode, we are using some helpful tips from Dr. John Gottman (and our readers!) to talk about how to gracefully deal… Read More