Free Love Relationship Advice

By April Masini
April 6, 2009 (Posted at 4:35 pm)

Make love holy – not holy war!
When dating or marrying someone who practices a different religion than yours, the three most important things to practice are:
April’s Big 3 DO’S
1. Tolerance of differences
2. Compromise
3. Flexibility
Try it – you might like it…
If you’ve always celebrated Easter and you’re dating someone who is Jewish, you should […]

Relationship Help

By April Masini
November 5, 2008 (Posted at 1:41 pm)

How Marriage Affects Your Weight
Unfortunately, many women ‘get comfortable’ once they ‘get the man’—letting themselves go only to subsequently assume the position that ‘a man should love them for them’—not what they look like.  But herein lies the trouble with that one-sided attitude. Yes, the man may indeed ‘love you for you’, but he also […]

Marriage Advice - Three Tips for Renewing Your Wedding Vows

By April Masini
June 12, 2008 (Posted at 9:44 am)

* Consider the audience. If you’re having a celebration with other people invited, you will want to keep it shorter and sweeter rather than longer and more boring. If it’s just the two of you go on for hours if you’d like, but even then — remember your audience is your spouse, and you don’t […]

Wedding Advice - Second Wedding Etiquette - Great Gifts Unique Gift Ideas

By April Masini
May 23, 2008 (Posted at 1:01 pm)

The biggest news in wedding gifts has to do with divorce! Because the divorce rate is so high, there are increasingly more and more second and third weddings. These second and third weddings are different from traditional first weddings, and so, too, are the wedding gifts.
Registering for gifts is fine — for first weddings. […]



Wedding Decoration Ideas Tips - Updated Twists on Classic Wedding Traditions

By April Masini
May 20, 2008 (Posted at 4:59 am)

The wedding colors a bride chooses are one of the most important decisions to be made. The colors will affect pretty much every other decision regarding the wedding. Here are some tips and advice for considering and choosing colors:
* If you have a favorite color, use it.
* Consider what colors are flattering next to your […]

Wedding Advice: Calling Off the Wedding?

By April Masini
May 16, 2008 (Posted at 9:28 am)

Those silky white Manolo Blahniks are NOT made for running “those shoes are made for walking — making an entrance, making a dignified exit, making a sexy scene, and walking the aisle. So don’t wreck your soles running away. On the other hand, don’t wreck your soul, saving your soles. Before you buy a pair […]

Upscale Family-Style Wedding Dinners

By April Masini
May 16, 2007 (Posted at 10:51 am)

Family style is the latest trend in weddings and dinner parties incorporating a more casual tone than dinners that come plated to each guest. The idea of passing around serving dishes and helping one’s self to a dish that is part of the meal is meant to conjure up the intimacy of family dinners. […]

Weddings: Wedding Invitation Trends

By April Masini
May 3, 2007 (Posted at 2:56 pm)

When it comes to wedding, there are a couple of rules to go by:
*If this is your first and hopefully only wedding, think about permanence when you design your wedding invitations. Think about looking back at your wedding invitation with your grandchildren 50 years from now, and what you would like to look back […]



Relationships: The 3 Stages - Maintaining Friendships With Married Friends

By April Masini
May 1, 2007 (Posted at 2:24 pm)

The 3 Stages: Maintaining Friendships with Married Friends.
Your friends got married and things are different. Here’s a quick guide
to dealing with the three stages newly married friends go through:
Stage 1) P.W. (post wedding) altered state: Newly married friends are
often in an altered state for about the first six months of marriage.
Everything looks differently to them. […]

Marriage: Renewing Your Wedding Vows

By April Masini
March 24, 2007 (Posted at 10:14 am)

Three Tips for Renewing Your Wedding Vows:
* Consider the audience. If you’re having a celebration with other people invited, you will want to keep it shorter and sweeter rather than longer and more boring. If it’s just the two of you go on for hours if you’d like, but even then — remember your audience […]