Article Excerpt: “Think about your group of best gals. A few are married, one or two have babies, some are engaged, a handful are single, and some are off jet-setting about the world, in no hurry to settle down anytime soon. And how about your partner’s gang? The same is probably true for them. So when you force your respective groups to mingle with one another? They might oblige, but they’re secretly wishing they could be doing something else, while you probably feel the push-and-pull between sitting with your hubby and chatting with your girlfriends. That’s why Los Angeles-based psychologist Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D, says to have those nights out separately.”
Read what Los Angeles psychologist Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D has to say on the issue on marthastewartweddings.com’s “Things You And Your Partner Should Do Separately To Live Together Happily.”