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• 19Jan

  Help, I need to find a Marriage Celebrant and don’t know where to start looking!

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  Help, I need to find a Marriage Celebrant and don’t know where to start looking!

  

  Liane Kirwan Brisbane Ceremonies

  Firstly, congratulations on your engagement! Marrying the person you love is one of the most important days of your life – a day to remember forever and worthy of a wonderful celebration. A wedding is a unique opportunity for a couple to declare their love and commitment to each other, witnessed by family and friends.

  Now that you have made the decision to get married you have made the first, and one of the most important decisions, you will make in planning your wedding. There will be lots and lots more things to decide on, but we are getting ahead of ourselves and I don’t mean to scare you!

  So let’s get back to your question…. Asking friends, family members or workmates for a recommendation is a good place to start. If you went to a friend’s wedding and thought the Celebrant was great – maybe they could pass on their Celebrant’s contact details.

  OK, so you don’t have any referrals. You can go to the website of the Attorney-General’s Department www.ag.gov.au and click on “Marriage” then the “Register of Marriage Celebrants”. This ensures your proposed Marriage Celebrant is registered under the Marriage Act 1961.

  Other options are to search the internet, look in the Yellow Pages, your local paper or wedding websites just like this one.

  Don’t forget another valuable source of information; other “wedding providers” – photographers, wedding planners, bridal shops, beauty therapists, hairdressers and florists. Remember photographers and wedding planners attend the Ceremony and have seen Celebrants-in-action so may be able to recommend a few good ones to you. Continue reading »

  

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• 07Jan

  Jennifer Hawkins – The Ideal woman?

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  Jennifer Hawkins – The Ideal woman?

  

  Jennifer Hawkins

  We live in a world where we are surrounded by images of beauty and ideals that many of us cannot meet. Yesterday, we saw a picture of supermodel Jennifer Hawkins, posing nude to display her apparent ‘flaws’ in an attempt to connect with real women. This attempt at connecting with the average woman was nothing but short of being flawed itself. Jennifer Hawkins is by far not ‘average’, and the attempts at depicting her flaws by pointing out her few dimples in her leg and a fold on her hip clearly highlights the crisis that many women face when attempting to be ‘flawless’. Continue reading »

  

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• 17Nov

  Remarriage and children

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  Remarriage and children

  Getting married when you have children can be a difficult task, not only for each partner involved, but also for the children. In today’s society, many people are divorcing and re-marrying as fast as they can say I do, and often, the children from prior relationships are having to make adjustments to accommodate a new mother or father.

  Getting remarried is not frowned upon, however considering the needs of the children during this decision making process is important. Not all of us are fortunate enough to experience the pleasantries of having the perfect ‘Brady’ bunch, and for some children, having their mother or father marry another person can be an extremely traumatic experience.

  Some couples may experience an increase in tantrums from younger children or acting out behaviours from teenagers. Others may find that their children have regressed, displaying symptoms of anxiety, Continue reading »

  

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• 16Nov

  Why men lack romance

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  Why men lack romance

  Women love to be romanced and spend a great deal of time and money learning and reading about love, sex and relationships.  We see an abundance of information regarding romance, sex and relationships in women’s magazines, and during women’s talk shows. Most women have at least one romance novel, if not hundreds and will be more likely to pick up magazines advertising stories related to romance, sex, love or relationships. Men on the other hand, appear to have little knowledge when it comes to romance, and are often oblivious to the subtle cues left by their wives and girlfriends who wish to experience some romance.

  Romantic movies often depict men to be heroes, fighting for their women and doing all the ‘right’ things to romance the ladies. Women love these movies, and often go home to their partners wishing to be romanced in similar ways, however unless their partner is the regular Casanova, the likelihood of being romanced is slim to none.

  When we enter new relationships, most of us are eager to romance the other person. We ask questions to indicate our interest in them, we touch them every so often and feel excited to see and spend time with them. As the relationship progresses, most women notice that their boyfriends or husbands spend little time talking with them and spend even less time setting the romantic mood. Women often perceive this change as being attributed to their partner’s lack of interest; however the simple truth is that most men don’t know how to be romantic. During the courting period, Continue reading »

  

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• 16Nov

  10 Tips to romancing your lady

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  10 Tips to romancing your lady

  Romantic gestures are definitely a way to a woman’s – heart, amongst other things. We hear many women complaining that their husbands lack romance and intimacy, but still expect sex from their wives. Women dislike the feeling associated with being used by their partner, and men hate it when they have clearly not satisfied their ladies in bed. Both men and women continue this cycle, expecting the other to understand what they want, but not actually communicating this. In the article, Why men lack romance, we explore the reasons men appear to be clueless when it comes to romance and look at the way men have been socially conditioned to be oblivious to the fact that women enjoy candlelight dinners or a bunch of flowers. This article identified some simple things tips to assist men in romancing their partners.

  Being romantic is not hard work, in fact, being romantic is so simple, that any men reading this article would kick themselves for not having known this already. For any ladies reading this article, this is the part whereby you get hubby and make him read – bribe him if you have to!

  10 Romantic Tips for Men

  1. Dinner for two:  Women love to feel special and cared for. If you want some action, then be prepared to provide some yourself.  Taking your wife to dinner is a vital component to being romantic and getting some action. Women associate food with being cared for and nurtured. Men are perceived to be caring for her daily need, her survival, thus highlighting his attention to her wellbeing and health. Food itself encourages the primal feelings of both men and women to come out, which definitely wets the appetite.

  2. Set the mood: Dim lights, romantic music and privacy shape the right ingredients for an exciting and lustful night. Given women’s sensitivities to outside stimuli, Continue reading »

  

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