You must have experienced it to some degree in your marriage. I’ve heard some women jokingly call it the Cold War, since the couple shares long, steady periods of silence amongst themselves, all the time building up on ammunition to strike next, at the best given time. The most fatalistic aspect of such a situation [...]
One of my claims to fame is the fact that I can’t aim. At all. Just the other day I was tossing my phone on the bed and the phone landed on my unassuming husband instead. I watched in horror as the phone (almost in slow motion, does that happen to you?) made its way [...]
Alhamdu lillah, Sr Yasmeen from MBMuslima Magazine interviewed me recently and my interview is published in the April / May issue of MBMuslima Magazine! It’s so good to see relationship coaching and that too for Muslim sisters get such broad exposure, especially in an intelligent magazine such as MBMuslima Have a look for yourself – [...]
A sister asked me just how you can be your husband’s girlfriend with, ‘no strings attached’ when getting married is exactly that: with strings attached. The answer lies in giving your husband what you would like most: a best friend rolled into a spouse. His exclusive lifetime membership to the best customer service, ever. Give [...]
Note: I wrote this post when the Winter Olympics 2010 had started. Canada won 26 medals as a host to the Olympics, of which 14 were gold medals. This is the home-field advantage that I’m talking about for your marriage. You must be aware of the Winter Olympics that started over the weekend. I saw [...]