By Karen Bruno — 2012
Don’t let chronic illness weaken the bond between you and your partner.
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Conflict doesn’t mean the end of your remarriage, and can actually make it stronger. There are always going to be disagreements; you cannot avoid them entirely. What you can do, however, is become skilled at recovering from disputes by talking about your perspectives afterwards.
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It was during these awkward fertility treatments that it dawned on me that there were some dramatic differences between my first and second marriages.
I have been no stranger to inter-ability relationships. But finding the right person to be able to handle me and my disability has been difficult.
Not surprisingly, the romantic lives of autistic adults are just like those of neurotypical adults: never easy.
Romantic relationships are hard enough, but what if your partner is autistic?
A Q&A with Terry Real
Keep these tips in mind when you’re trying to maintain a healthy relationship while one or both of you are living with chronic illness.
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My husband and I grope each other constantly. I don’t think a day goes by without at least one of us copping a feel. I say this proudly because after almost 20 years of being together, we are still hot for each other. And I don’t see any reason to hide this from our kids.
They say that having kids changes everything. That is neurologically, psychologically, and economically true.
The very qualities that lead to greater emotional satisfaction in peer marriages, as one sociologist calls them, may be having an unexpectedly negative impact on these couples’ sex lives.