When it comes to celebrating sports teams, fans get a bit crazy. The sports merchandise industry recently topped $48 billion. When it comes to celebrating our marriages, we can get a bit crazy too. An estimated $18 billion was spent on Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, unlike celebrating sports, celebrating our marriages is often a forced or mandatory event. On the flip side, when your celebration is voluntary, a basic marriage becomes a great marriage.

Does your wife cry about your marriage? There are typically three areas that cause a wife to cry about her marriage. If you want to divorce proof your marriage…make your wife cry tears of joy in three areas. In this segment we discuss all three. In the Hot & Heavy discussion we discuss patience.

How trustworthy are you? Studies found that you must follow through on 90% of your promises to be considered trustworthy. Below 55% and you are not at all trustworthy. If you want to build or rebuild trust in your marriage, you’ll need to take extra care to think through your ability to honor your word. Unfortunately, just intending to do something is not worth much.

We have 24 hours in a day of which sleep, work, routine chores, activities, meals, and kids will burn up most of that time leaving only an hour or two eat day for your spouse, maybe. It’s no wonder so many marriages are falling apart when all that our spouses hear us telling them is to, “Take a number and we’ll get to you as soon as we can.”

A puppy love marriage is built on short-lived interactions of affection toward each other. When our spouses give us their attention, we get excited, energetic, and much more affectionate. However, when their attention is consumed by something else, we can feel abandoned, lethargic, and unaffectionate toward them. The latter can lead to resentment and divorce

The original design for marriage is quite simple, leave your father and mother and become one with your wife. This plan was penned over 3,000 years ago and yet we still struggle with what it means. In this segment we discuss the two parts of becoming one: physical and emotional union.

In this special edition of Marriage Talk, Sam’s wife Denise joins the show to discuss Valentine’s Day gift ideas.

Within marriage, entrapment is when you set up a situation whereby your spouse is almost guaranteed to fail. In other words, you put your spouse in a situation where there is a high probability they will disappoint you. In the segment we identify the top 3 entrapments spouses fall into. We also discuss changes in our bodies in the weekly Hot & Heavy discussion.

Do you remember your wedding vow? Regardless of whether or not you remember exactly what you said, do you at least remember what the vow represented? The wedding vow is an important part of the marriage ceremony but to be honest, most couples don't really understand what the vow represented. We break it down for you in this segment.

A bellhop’s role is to help guests enjoy their stay. They start by taking your luggage when you arrive, so you can start enjoying your time there from the minute you walk in the door. We can’t afford a bellhop at our homes, but we can enjoy the same benefits by getting rid of our baggage before we go inside.