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ILG
06-15-2009, 09:12 AM
Have any of you seen the 4 DVD set "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage" by Mark Gungor? It's really good and I would recommend it. I had to order it through Inter-Library loan at my library. At the library I work, the staff gets to recommend things to the public and I recommended this.

MomOfADramaQn
06-15-2009, 09:49 AM
I have the DVD's too - they are awesome. We went to his seminar - it was really great and I highly recommend that if he is in an area where you live go to the seminar - he is great.

ILG
06-15-2009, 09:52 AM
I have the DVD's too - they are awesome. We went to his seminar - it was really great and I highly recommend that if he is in an area where you live go to the seminar - he is great.

I am only sorry there are only 4 DVD's! My husband and I watched these together. At first I was a little put off by Mark Gungor's personality, but he definately grew on me!! I think the content is excellent.

RandyWayne
06-15-2009, 12:26 PM
Are you expected to laugh WITH your spouse? Or AT them?

Ron
06-15-2009, 12:29 PM
I laughed at my wife once--it was horrible sleeping in the car!:foottap

MomOfADramaQn
06-15-2009, 01:53 PM
Are you expected to laugh WITH your spouse? Or AT them?



Both

John Atkinson
06-15-2009, 02:14 PM
Are you expected to laugh WITH your spouse? Or AT them?
Tried that once. Laughed all the way to the couch....:smack

MomOfADramaQn
06-15-2009, 02:27 PM
My husband laughs at me all the time - I just consider the source :)

MissBrattified
06-15-2009, 04:58 PM
Have any of you seen the 4 DVD set "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage" by Mark Gungor? It's really good and I would recommend it. I had to order it through Inter-Library loan at my library. At the library I work, the staff gets to recommend things to the public and I recommended this.

I've seen a few clips on youtube, and my sister keeps begging me to buy them!!! :) I wouldn't mind having them--they're just a bit expensive.

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 05:48 PM
Have any of you seen the 4 DVD set "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage" by Mark Gungor? It's really good and I would recommend it. I had to order it through Inter-Library loan at my library. At the library I work, the staff gets to recommend things to the public and I recommended this.

ILG,
I'm listening to "Men's Sex Drive" and he is saying that a man's sexual drive peaks at 18 and goes down from there. I'm sorry, but that is just not true.

MissBrattified
06-15-2009, 06:12 PM
How can you be so sure, PO? Do you have a source? :coffee2

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 06:15 PM
How can you be so sure, PO? Do you have a source? :coffee2

That's the thing!!! The sources don't make sense. My husband and I have been married for 22 years, this August. We haven't changed since we were 16 years old.

I keep reading about the flipping out hot flashes and all the downhill stuff - it just doesn't make sense! I'm sitting here waiting to fall apart, though. :D The statistics are against me. :tissue

MissBrattified
06-15-2009, 06:23 PM
That's the thing? The sources don't make sense. My husband and I have been married for 22 years, this August. We haven't changed since we were 16 years old.

I keep reading about the flipping out hot flashes and all the downhill stuff - it just doesn't make sense! I'm sitting here waiting to fall apart, though. :D The statistics are against me. :tissue

:)

Wellllll...I doubt if Mark Gungor just pulled that figure out of thin air. He seems like a pretty intelligent guy who has done his research. I'm sure there are exceptions to every statistic, though.

I've read other books that stated men have their sexual peak in their late teens, early 20's, and women have theirs around their 30's. I didn't personally do the research--that's just what I've read.

Regardless, I think the point is understanding that men and women are generally different, and have different sexual needs and peaks. Ergo, to have a healthy marriage, you have to understand how your spouse differs from you.

Sounds like everything's working great for you and your husband, so no need to worry about it!!!! :thumbsup

I have a friend who is already going through menopause in her 20's. She and her husband took the advice of her doctor, and had a baby sooner than they had planned, because she may not be able to conceive much longer. So obviously there are people who "fall apart" earlier--and some a lot earlier--than others.

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 06:31 PM
:)

Wellllll...I doubt if Mark Gungor just pulled that figure out of thin air. He seems like a pretty intelligent guy who has done his research. I'm sure there are exceptions to every statistic, though.

I've read other books that stated men have their sexual peak in their late teens, early 20's, and women have theirs around their 30's. I didn't personally do the research--that's just what I've read.

Regardless, I think the point is understanding that men and women are generally different, and have different sexual needs and peaks. Ergo, to have a healthy marriage, you have to understand how your spouse differs from you.

Sounds like everything's working great for you and your husband, so no need to worry about it!!!! :thumbsup

I have a friend who is already going through menopause in her 20's. She and her husband took the advice of her doctor, and had a baby sooner than they had planned, because she may not be able to conceive much longer. So obviously there are people who "fall apart" earlier--and some a lot earlier--than others.
All that stuff is just depressing. I don't want that in my life. I'd run out in front of a bus or something. :toofunny

I think some people just want to have problems and so they do.

What was that stupid book my mother was reading when I was growing up? Oh, I'm Okay, You're Okay

Just live and forget about it! That's my motto! :thumbsup

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 07:07 PM
Funny!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMZ73mT5zM

MissBrattified
06-15-2009, 08:19 PM
Yes! I love the Nothing Box illustration. :toofunny

ILG
06-15-2009, 08:22 PM
ILG,
I'm listening to "Men's Sex Drive" and he is saying that a man's sexual drive peaks at 18 and goes down from there. I'm sorry, but that is just not true.

Did you see his chart? Ya gotta see the chart!!!!!

MissBrattified
06-15-2009, 08:27 PM
Did you see his chart? Ya gotta see the chart!!!!!

I didn't see the chart! Do you have a video link?

ILG
06-15-2009, 08:32 PM
I didn't see the chart! Do you have a video link?

I'm not sure what video it's in anymore but he starts drawing showing a man at 18

*

And then shows his sex drive drop off with a line that you expect to look like this:

*\

But instead looks like this *--------

It's hilarious because although he says it drops off, on the chart if it drops at all, you'd need a magnifying glass to see it! LOL!!

MissBrattified
06-15-2009, 08:34 PM
OOOOHhhhhhh!!!! LOL!!!!! Cute! :D

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 08:36 PM
Did you see his chart? Ya gotta see the chart!!!!!

Oh my gosh!!!! :ursofunny:ursofunny :ursofunny

I turned it off after he said they peaked at 18 and went down!!

:ursofunny :ursofunny :ursofunny :ursofunny

Lord, I guess I'm so sick of psychology, I could scream! :toofunny

ILG
06-15-2009, 08:38 PM
Oh my gosh!!!! :ursofunny:ursofunny :ursofunny

I turned it off after he said they peaked at 18 and went down!!

:ursofunny :ursofunny :ursofunny :ursofunny

Lord, I guess I'm so sick of psychology, I could scream! :toofunny

Stick with this guy and hear him out. It really is worth your time. ;)

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 08:39 PM
Stick with this guy and hear him out. It really is worth your time. ;)

LOL! Okay, I'll try! I got ticked and turned him off! :ursofunny

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 08:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccJeRh_UzI&feature=channel

Hilarious!

ILG
06-15-2009, 08:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccJeRh_UzI&feature=channel

Hilarious!

I started singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow to my husband after that (Just to get on his nerves)! :ursofunny

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 09:11 PM
I started singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow to my husband after that (Just to get on his nerves)! :ursofunny
Thatta girl!!! :thumbsup :ursofunny

*AQuietPlace*
06-15-2009, 09:22 PM
LOL! Okay, I'll try! I got ticked and turned him off! :ursofunny
Yeah, give him 3 more seconds. :D

Aquila
06-15-2009, 09:33 PM
My wife and I have been married 12 years. I think we discovered this secret on our own. My wife even laughs when we make love... no matter what she's reading. :lol

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 09:34 PM
Yeah, give him 3 more seconds. :D

:ursofunny :ursofunny :ursofunny

Quick on the draw, ain't I? :drawguns

Pressing-On
06-15-2009, 09:35 PM
My wife and I have been married 12 years. I think we discovered this secret on our own. My wife even laughs when we make love... no matter what she's reading. :lol
I hear ya! Louis L'Amour! :toofunny

RandyWayne
06-15-2009, 09:49 PM
My wife and I have been married 12 years. I think we discovered this secret on our own. My wife even laughs when we make love... no matter what she's reading. :lol

Mine does too. Probably because the dogs pick the most inopportune times to jump on the bed.....

ILG
06-16-2009, 08:09 AM
My wife and I have been married 12 years. I think we discovered this secret on our own. My wife even laughs when we make love... no matter what she's reading. :lol

One thing I really like about this guy is he infuses reality into both sexes. He says women need to learn to take and not just expect the guy to give her whatever she needs. He is not a mind reader and she can't live in fantasy-land. And guys need to realize that this porn-induced society has them expecting things out of their wives that are unrealistic. He reminds men that the women on TV and other places are getting PAID to do the things they do and that if they have gotten ideas from the secular media or worse, porn, and they are "bored" with their wives that it is their problem and they should not make it their wife's problem. Now, reading during intimacy?? That's just WRONG!!! :nah:ursofunny