CandidHeart Blog
Faith rooted guidance, practical relationship wisdom, and stories to help you prepare for a meaningful partnership.
He loves God, treats me well and wants to marry me. But I do not love him. Should a Christian marry for character and hope that love grows later? Christian marriage without attraction; can love grow after marriage; choosing a Christian spouse
I used to think my girlfriend complained too much. There was always something. I didn’t call enough. I didn’t check in enough. I didn’t notice when she was having a bad day. And honestly, I thought she was being dramatic. Whenever she said, “You don’t listen to me,” I’d remind her of everything I did for her. I paid for dates. I helped when she needed money. I showed up when she needed me. What else did she want? One Saturday, she called me crying. I was busy, so I told her we’d talk
I thought Simi was hiding money from me. Not because I had caught her lying. Because every month, she withdrew exactly the same amount from her account and refused to explain where it went. We had been together for three years. We didn’t live together. We had agreed to keep our own homes and maintain certain boundaries until marriage. But this one subject was sealed shut. Whenever I asked, she said, “It’s not your business.” That answer made it my business. I started noticing other thing
He said he wanted to date intentionally, but eight months later I could not say whether we were committed. Here are the questions that gave us clarity
When I met Amara, I didn’t have much. I had a small apartment, a struggling business, and more ambition than money. But I had a plan. I told her about the company I wanted to build. The house I wanted to own. The places I wanted us to travel to. The kind of husband and father I wanted to become. She believed me. “You’re going to make it,” she’d say. And honestly, I think I fell in love with her partly because she believed in a version of me that hadn’t even existed yet. For a while, every
I said yes to the proposal. I wish I could tell you that I was completely sure when I did. I wasn’t. I had been dating David for four years. We had survived distance, misunderstandings, family opinions, career changes, and the difficult conversations that come when a relationship stops being exciting and starts becoming real. So when he finally got down on one knee, I cried. Everyone around me celebrated. My mother called it an answered prayer. My friends screamed. I posted the pictures
I need advice about my Christian relationship, but I have not told my partner what is troubling me. Who should I speak to first?
Before I say yes to marriage, I need honest conversations about faith, money, health, family, children and the future. Here are 12 essential questions.
When I first met Daniel, I thought he was boring. He didn’t talk much on our first date. He listened more than he spoke, and whenever I asked him what he was thinking, he’d smile and say, “Nothing much.” I was used to men who could keep a conversation going for hours. Daniel couldn’t. So I assumed he wasn’t interested. A few weeks later, I almost ended things. Then one evening, something happened. I was telling him about a difficult day I’d had at work. Halfway through the conversation, I
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