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Rodger’s Mishgosh – Successful and Positive Advice for Dating, Relationships and Marriage
Are you a professional in this field? Do I have a degree in this field? No.
What experience do you have in this field? I have been running a singles group and couples group that is comprised of just under 500 people for over 25 years. I have approximate 10 activities per month.
How did I get started? Approximately 3 years ago, I started writing a relationship column for the singles group.
What was the response to my relationship column? I got many requests to do a book. People write to me and mention that they can relate to my advice or that it helps them, or they just enjoy reading my articles.
Did I want to do a book? No
Why did I change my mind? After many requests to do a book, my wife convinced me to change my mind and do a book.
Do the same people respond back to me? How do the people that read my articles feel about me not being trained in school as a professional in this field? First, the responses are mostly from different people, but some people will respond repeatedly. Many of the people feel my advice relates to them better than the advice professionals give.
What is my opinion on the professionals? There are areas I can’t give advice as well as the professionals can. I am not qualified to give advice to people with extremely serious problems. Overall, my advice is well taken by people either sending me e-mails or talking to me in person telling me how much they relate to and enjoy my articles.
So, what are my results in this field? First, I met my wife in my singles group, and the person who married us met his wife in the group, too. Have there been other people to that have met their boy/girlfriend or spouse in the group? Yes
Is your group all business? No, it is set up to just enjoy the activities.
Who’s in your group? All walks of life, from doctors, therapists, lawyers, car salesmen, and so on.
Why do I write these articles? I started as something new for the single’s group, and the response was overwhelming. I received many requests to keep writing my articles. People related to them, and looked forward to reading them and wanted more articles from me. This encouraged me to keep writing.
How do I send out my articles? Normally on Monday, I send out my singles’ activities for this coming week. At the very end of my reminder of the activities is one of my relationship articles.
Do I have all the answers in this field? No, it would be nice if I did.
Am I learning too? Yes
What format are my articles? I try to address problems or issues we have in this field, and give advice about how to handle them effectively from my experience and what I believe.
Have I been married? Twice. My first marriage ended in divorce. When I look back, the fault could have been with both of ours, but I learned to be better the 2nd time around.
So, what is the 2nd marriage like? My wife is thrilled that my 1st marriage failed, she wouldn’t be in my otherwise. She was also married before, and it ended in divorce, but she learned to be better, too. She tells me daily how happy she is being married to me and that she wants to be with me forever.
So how long have we been together? Approximately 16 years.
So, what is my secret to a happy marriage? Make each day, if not each moment very special for her to be with me.
Do we have disagreements with each other? Yes
How do we handle them? The best as we can. This can be a whole article just by itself. Some of my Mishgoshes cover this subject.
Life is all about the good and bad times in your life. It is great when everything goes your way, but there will be times when it doesn’t. You need to be effective in both areas to have either good dates or relationships or marriage. We need to do our best with our partner, and show we care. There must be trust and communication in any date, relationship or marriage. Every day is a new beginning for both of you. Rodger Switzky of Rodger’s Mishgosh