Listen in as we share our less than perfect week. Can you admit when you are wrong? Or are you quick to jump on the defensive when your spouse brings up an issue?

This week we challenge you to remember the little things that really aren’t so little…manners. When you ask your spouse to do something for you, say please. It’s only one extra word but a powerful one, one that eliminates the control in the relationship.

When a marriage is affected by an affair or infidelity, it can be like dropping a pebble into water. The ripples of devastation grow wider and wider and can last literally for generations. Thus, as couples who want to have extraordinary marriages, it would be wise to learn about infidelity, what happens, and why, and…

In this episode we answer a number of questions from one of our listeners about ONE Extraordinary Marriage. Click here to read the email. We talk in depth about our financial issues, becoming debt free, as well as the miscarriage of our second child. Some of the questions we answer are:

Do your talks with your spouse go beyond the small talk about the weather and the kids? Is there a yearning to go deeper in your conversations? Are you wondering how to get the conversation started?

Do you and your spouse ever discuss finances outside of the when the bills are due? I mean sit down pull out the BUDGET, we call it a Cash Flow Plan, and talk about your finances. Which one of you is the Spender? How about the Saver?

Remember back to the days when you first met your spouse. In those days you would compliment them on everything from the shoes they wore to the inner beauty they radiated. These simple words you would speak could change their day in an instant. Usually it was something as simple as…