We're not actually supposed to take this show seriously, are we? Im watching this last nite with my wife and we could not believe what we were seeing. I cant imagine any reputable therapist saying, "Yes Ill host your show and no, I dont mind losing all my dignity in the process!" I mean, Good Lord! Among the more bizzare happenings, the therapist was hiding behind a tree with headphones on, sprinting across the lawn at breaknesck speed, dressing like a High Priestess while doing a marriage ceremony. Oh and Robi my wife says the 80s called and need that shirt back.Who wrote this show, the guys from Southpark tripping on acid?
The Learning Channel is becoming The Dumbing Down Channel with shows like this one.

The show may be a bit unconventional in it's presentation, but my husband and I are going throught the exact same situation as the couple in Monday's episode. I found that some of the excercises were interesting and I am hoping they will work for us.

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We are still working at our marriage everyday
but the "other" person 2000% had to be completely out of the picture in order to save our marriage. This took time - it's not easy for anyone... but eventually, as hard as it was, the split occurred, and we were able to just deal with "us". I realized that everyone has to "grieve" over lost relationships, even your hubby has to do this (sad but true) over the other person which is why it is hard to let go completely. .

So what we do now is the 3 "T"s.

Time: Spend time together doing things you did when you first fell in love.

Talk: Every chance you get, communicate! Even just a text message on a cell to let each other know you are thinking of each other is a wonderful reinforcement that there is still a strong connection between you two. And lastly,

Touch! touch, touch, touch... can't stress this enough - backrubs, long kisses, baths togethers - anything that you can be physically together... Even holding hands while watching TV... You get the idea....

Good luck - it's a whole different relationship, but one that we have found ourselves to be much more rewarding than before this all happened

I agree with your thoughts David, this show could be done much more professionaly. Sadly, the host had no dignity to lose and therefore just works to deplete the dignity of the couples she tricks into "counseling." Dear Goldenpackage-- I applaude you both for looking for help for your marriage and making the best of the counseling experience provided by this show. Your 3 "T"s are awesome. Tell TLC to scrap Robi, and replace her with you! You are the Goldenpackage! You have a heart of gold, an angelic ability to forgive and move on, and you offer practical advice while maintaining your dignity. All the best to you, tonight and always.

Incredible as it sounds, I've been using this program as a pre-marital preparation tool for my "best woman friend" and me. I'm 57, she's 54, and we've been going together for six years in a "second time around" relationship. (A minister in the church I was attending at that time broke us up in 1983, ending our "first time around" relationship of 15 years, but subsequent events in my life later led to my departure from that church.)

A lot of our friends and family members have encouraged us to marry, but she is fearful that some big problem might come along and make our marriage less than what it should be. So I took the six episodes this series had last season, burned them to my own DVDs, and put them on for her to show her where some of these big marriage problems come from and encourage discussion between us of appropriate preventive measures.

Of course, I will be doing so again with the episodes from this season, and in regard to the March 26 episode, this is an excellent (though admittedly extreme) example of the price of what my generation used to refer to as "free love." By having no fewer than 293 sexual partners prior to his finally getting married, the husband in this episode all but wiped out the "binding power" that comes from 1) waiting until marriage before getting into a sexual relationship with that one you are "in love" with, and 2) keeping that one person as your exclusive sexual partner after marriage. (No wonder he ended up getting into no fewer than five "affairs" after he married the one he was supposed to be "faithful" to.)

Thankfully, in all the time we have gone together, this "best woman friend" of mine has insisted on keeping a good head on her shoulders, and two feet on the floor -- and I ultimately expect the two of us to be blessed for her doing so!

I don't think this show is a joke at all. I wish there was somebody around where i live that could do what Dr. Robi did with the couple she counseled in tonight's episode. My husband and i have been together 4 years and just recently married Aug. 18, 2006. We thought we were ready for marriage but later came to find out we really weren't. We split several times and during one of our splits i developed feelings for another man. It started with this man about 7 months into my last pregnancy. Him and i sent text messages back and forth and talked on the phone and online every night. This was easy for us because my husband works nights. This other man was somebody from my past that i once had feelings for but it never worked out. After my son was born i left my husband to be with this other man. My husband never gave up on me. We chatted online and talked on the phone often about our relationship and he swore to me that things would be different if i came back to him. The reason for the other relationship was that my husband believed he was going through his mid-life crisis and so thought that he needed other women, younger women to help him feel young. I won't go into too much detail but let's just say that he gave me plenty of reason to leave him. We've since started divorce proceedings and have been to court for temporary custody of our son. In the last week or so i've decided that i don't want my son to be without his dad and i think marriage counseling could be the answer to all our relationship problems. My husband agrees and we will be making plans to see a marriage counselor very soon. I really do hope we make it but if we don't, i want to remain his friend (after we're done hating each other that is) I applaud Dr. Robi and wish that there were more people like her willing to go out on a limb to save couples from divorce.