TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
A Winning Team
10 Tips to Keep Your Partnership Strong
BY MARY T. KELLY, MA
Couples Communication
The Most Obvious Relationship Advice for Women Actually Comes From a Man
BY THE SECOND WIFE
Happily Married With Baggage
7 Tips to Help You Create a Rock Solid Relationship
BY BRENDA SNYDER, LCSW
To Love, Honor and Play
The Art of Keeping Your Love Alive in The Midst of Stepfamily Chaos
BY DIANNE MARTIN, BSW, RSW
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
What I Think About: Happy Couples
WORDS OF WISDOM
I Am Not a Homewrecker!
3 Tips for Rising Above Rumors, Gossip and Lies
BY “PHATKEKE”
STEPMOM MEMOIRS
And Baby Makes Four
Learning to Balance Life and Love and an Occasional Latte
BY STACY SPENCER THOMPSON
LEGAL MATTERS
Shouldn’t Child Support Support the Child?
Why Courts Don’t (and Can’t) Monitor the Money
BY LARA R. BADAIN, ESQ.
THE LOOKING GLASS
Our Monthly Roundup of News, Events, Reviews and More
GUY THEORY
Mayhem and Miracles
One Man Shares His Story of Stepfamily Evolution
BY ERIC URBACH
THE INSIDE SCOOP
From Garter Belts to Compression Hose
The Evolution of a Couple’s Love
BY HEATHER HETCHLER, MA
ON THE MONEY
Sexy Couples Do Talk About Money!
Solutions to Pesky Financial Problems Stepfamilies Often Face
BY EMILY BOUCHARD, MSSW
SHE SAID/SHE SAID
Meeting the Family
This Mom Doesn’t Want Her Kids to Meet the Stepmom’s Family
ADVICE FROM JENNIFER NEWCOMB MARINE & JENNA KORF
FOOD AND FUN
Craft: T-shirt Jewelry
BY ASHLEY GRANT
OUTLOOK
Real Stepmoms. Real Stories.