You can't make someone agree with you, not even when you're 100 percent sure you're right.

Moving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something.

I actually recommend as little actual counting as possible in a life partnership. But, when there's a sense of injustice brewing between you, some counting is inevitable, and so my advice is to count using as broad a scope as possible. It's not just hours worked or chores done, either, and it's not even just about the household - it's a system of Whole Marriage Thinking. It's about hours worked, chores done, goals supported, emotional needs met, everything. What it all takes out of you, what it all gives back. It all factors in.

If you take the time to listen to an upset child's story with empathy, and guide the child toward figuring out the root of the problem, then the result is often that the child not only calms down, but also in the future is less likely to get so upset.

You can't make someone agree with you, not even when you're 100 percent sure you're right.

First group impressions can mask a lot of individual variations in the members.

Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay.