romance Archives - Belle Brita

13 Ways to Celebrate Your Marriage Throughout the Year

Brita Long — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 06:36:25 +0000

Welcome to the eighth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Celebration. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for Friday’s topic, Wellness. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Next month, Dan and I will celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary! It seems like... [Read More]

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10 Physical Touch Love Language Ideas

Brita Long — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:00:21 +0000

Welcome to the first day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is The 5 Love Languages (Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, Physical Touch). Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. This post contains affiliate links. This is the third year I’ve hosted my annual Love... [Read More]

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5 Easy Ways to Practice Words of Affirmation

Brita Long — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:00:21 +0000

Welcome to the fourth day of #LoveBlog! Today’s prompt is The 5 Love Languages (Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, Physical Touch). Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. For the inaugural #LoveBlog challenge, I included every single love language as its own prompt throughout... [Read More]

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Why I Fell in Love with a Feminist

Brita Long — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:00:23 +0000

At this point, you’ve probably already heard of Dave Hon’s terrible article “Why I’ll Never Date a Feminist.” It’s a long diatribe far removed from reality. I really wanted to respond to it last week. Unfortunately, like I shared on Wednesday, I was too sick last week to write a post for Friday’s The F-Word. Luckily... [Read More]

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Why Attending Weddings is Good for Your Marriage

Brita Long — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:00:25 +0000

Dan and I just returned home from the last of three weddings for 2016. We unfortunately had to decline a few other invitations this year due to scheduling conflicts and our budget. I have always loved weddings. As a little girl, I even attended weddings for couples I didn’t know. (Obviously they were friends or family... [Read More]

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In Defense of “Netflix and Chill”

Brita Long — Mon, 23 May 2016 10:00:50 +0000

Post contains Amazon affiliate links Confession: It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that “Netflix and chill” was a euphemism for sex. And if I understand it correctly, “Netflix and chill” really refers to a booty call more than sex within a committed relationship. Personally, Dan and I are more into “Netflix and... [Read More]

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