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Hey everyone! Just wanted to apologize for the website being down the other day and for the blog being down too. Unfortunately we were hacked twice in the last month or so and had some other issues with the main site. We really need to get everything upgraded and will get on that as soon as we can! We are working to re-post the content that was lost on the blog between the two hackings--especially your great questions and comments in the Open Forum 3 section. Thanks for hanging in there through the last few years and all the growing pains! Great things are coming! : )
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Laura's Marriage Blog is back in action!
Date:
November 7 2011
Name:
Laura M. Brotherson
Comments:
Hi y'all -- We apologize for the inconvenience of our blog "Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog" being down this past week. Some nice hackers had nothing better to do with their time, so we've been fixing their mess for the last week! There's lots of great insights and info here for strengthening your marriage! You can check it out here.
Subject:
Strengthening Marriage Blog is Down
Date:
October 31 2011
Name:
Laura M. Brotherson
Comments:
Hi everyone--Yes, we are sorry that "Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog" is down. We got hacked this week pretty bad. They made a big mess of things so our webguys are trying to get it put back together again! We're praying all will be well and that we'll get it back up and running soon! Keep checking! We'll post something when it's okay again.
Subject:
Blog site
Date:
October 30 2011
Name:
Rob
Comments:
Hi Laura - the blog site seems to be down. It's asking for a login.
Subject:
Your book
Date:
September 24 2011
Comments:
Would be delighted for my wife to join me in reading your book. However, the quickest way for me to guarantee that she won't do so is to simply ask her. We've been married for almost 40 years, and our incompatibility is steadily increasing. It's a lousy way to enter the golden years.
Subject:
And They Were Not Ashamed
Date:
September 19 2011
Name:
Carlene
Comments:
I came across your book quite a few years ago while I was writing a paper for my college class on Strengthening Marriages. I too would like to thank you for the difference it has made in my marriage and in me! Every married couple should take the plunge and read this book! It's the best thing I ever did for our marriage! Love it! Thank you for sharing your talent and your thoughts with the rest of us!
Subject:
Thank you!
Date:
August 3 2011
Comments:
I know you get many comments thanking you for the miracle you are working for all of us in our marriages, but I hope you will take my message as one of personal gratitude, which I'm sure the others are as well. I can't thank you enough for writing your book and making it available to me. My gratitude is deep and profound. Having experienced sexual abuse in my youth complicated our issues in my opinion, but what a breath of fresh air to recognize the Good Girl Syndrome! I have been searching my whole life for the information you provide in the spirit of God-ordained sexual relations that you present it. My testimony to the sanctity of marriage and marital intimacy has grown in leaps and bounds. We are arming ourselves with the information you provide in your book and moving forward with hope and healing toward marital bliss. Thank You! A local TV station presented a story yesterday about sexuality and marriage. One man had been married 8 years and the entire time his wife has been experiencing difficulty. I posted a comment telling him to not wait another second to obtain your book. I hope he read my reply and follows my counsel. The LDS community needs your book more than they realize, but the world needs it as well!
Date:
May 30 2011
Comments:
Sharing this book with friends is like sharing the gospel. Every married person needs to know about it, but many aren't ready. Like myself, I really didn't know I needed a book like this. It's been a few years since purchasing "And They Were Not Ashamed" and I'm STILL so thankful for it. My relationship with my husband was always strong, but now I know that I was missing out on the greatest blessings just because I wasn't taught. I wish I could shout at the top of a mountain "ATTENTION ALL MARRIED WOMEN: YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK! READ IT AND LEARN HOW GOD INTENDS MARRIAGE TO BE LIKE!"
Subject:
Getting wife to read this book...
Date:
April 15 2011
Name:
Laura M. Brotherson
Comments:
I have written a Q&A specifically about encouraging one's spouse to read And They Were Not Ashamed. Take a look and hopefully you'll find a few ideas: http://www.strengtheningmarriage.com/qa.php#QA1
Subject:
In reply to "Great book, but...
Date:
April 15 2011
Name:
Chris
Comments:
A bishop will certainly help your wife on the spiritual side. He might help her on the emotional side but I doubt he will help her on the sexual side, unless he is a sex therapist himself... A possible way to get your wife to read Laura's book is to have another woman, in whom she is confident with, to explain the contents and give it to her. If that does not work, I suggest you put into practice the suggestions given in chapter 10 and 11 (Becoming one - emotional intimacy; Becoming one - Spiritual intimacy) before even thinking abour sexual intimacy in chapter 12.
Sincerely
Chris
Subject:
Great book, but . . .
Date:
April 13 2011
Comments:
I read the book to try to figure out my sexual relationship with my wife of 30+ years. It helped me in that I now see that I'm (mostly) the "normal" one in the relationship, but unfortunately I can't get my wife to read it. To her, any book about sexuality is a bad thing. I did give it to the Bishop for use in couples counseling, so I hope it will be put to good use.
Subject:
All my doubts about this book have vanished!
Date:
March 20 2011
Comments:
When I first saw this book advertised in Deseret Book advertisements, I thought "Oh that's weird." But when I came to a point in my relationship with my husband where I didn't know what to do - I wanted to know what was right, how to improve our relationship God's way without having to wade through smut - I remembered this book, ordered it, and now my husband and I are reading it together and it is changing my life. We've both discovered something new and wonderful, oneness in marriage. After ten years of marriage I'm finally "in love" with my husband! This book also just recently helped us give our 8-year old son "the talk", with a wonderful dialogue. One thing that really impressed me from this book was the idea that the gap between a husband's and wife's desire for sex can basically disappear as their relationship improves. I never thought that was possible. One thing my generation really missed out on was a healthy, helpful sex education which I didn't realize until this book made it clear that there were a lot of misconceptions about how women work that I had bought into. THis book is making up all the difference and changing my mind about a lot of things. I could go on and on.
Subject:
10 STARS!! Thank You Laura!
Date:
March 14 2011
Comments:
I first read this book while trying to make sense of sexual intimacy in marriage. Some marriages seem perfect and others seem otherwise. Some of my close associates admit to very little sexuality in their marriages. Others have sex 5 or 6 times a week. Why such a difference? This book is incredible. It is so well researched and written. I can honestly say that it saved my wife and I from spliting up. We have given many copies to friends and relatives. This book is a MUST READ for both men and women who plan to marry. Thank you Laura Brotherson!
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We'll be back in 2013!
Date:
March 10 2011
Comments:
I want to let you know the positive impact your book, the seminars on the cruise, and the consultation time we had with you have had on our marriage and also on my life personally. I've learned a lot about myself and I have an awfully long way to go, but now I have some tools to help get me there. My marriage has really changed, more like transformed, and we will always appreciate you and your work that helped us and so many other couples. The cruise was a magical time for us and we are definitely planning on coming back in 2013. We'll probably bring some more friends too!
Subject:
This book has answers
Date:
March 8 2011
Comments:
I admire the way Laura straightforwardly addresses a delicate topic with her book, and I love the way she documents what she has written with quotes from the scriptures, Church leaders and other Christian authors. If you are married and you don't have this book, I encourage you to get it (or the CDs—we have both). The book is both enlightening and encouraging. If you are looking for answers about your intimate relations, this book has answers. I endorse it without reservation.
