{"id":1778,"date":"2017-02-06T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T20:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sixseeds.patheos.com\/ashleywillis\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2017-11-08T12:56:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:56:17","slug":"marriage-feels-like-losing-game-change-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ashleywillis\/2017\/02\/marriage-feels-like-losing-game-change-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"When Your Marriage Feels Like a Losing Game, THIS Could Change Everything&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><div class=\"patheos-gallery\"><div class=\"gallery-image-container\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/508\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_111993944-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"When Your Marriage Feels Like a Losing Game, THIS Could Change Everything...-0\" class=\"img-responsive\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-blurb\"><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Everybody loves a good sports game, right? Many of us just watched two NFL teams make history with the very first Superbowl overtime, and it was an amazing event to watch. \u00a0Games are awesome when they\u2019re played on a field, a court, or even a board with little game pieces. But, marriage is NOT a game that can be played. And, when a husband and wife treat it as such, they both lose every time. 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