I have five kids in their twenties and one teenager, all willing to do the research for me, and a couple of them have been telling me about one show that actually includes a good marriage between Elisabeth and Peter. We ordered the first three episodes on Netflix and hunkered down on the couch for a marathon. I think the younger three kids ate dinner but I am not sure.

 

White Collar is it. It is a spy/FBI genre show about smuggling, counterfeiting, escaping from high security prisons... you get the idea.

 

In the few hours we watched I saw some of the advice I myself have given couples both offered and acted on. I saw examples from five different books on marriage.

 

Gary Chapman's book Five Love Languages articulates different ways to express affection, and all five of them were used by both Peter and Elisabeth in these episodes alone. 

Shaunti and Jeff Feldhaun describe the need to give respect to your husband in For Women Only and we watched examples of Elisabeth giving it. 

 

In addition, I remember seeing moments of kindness, forgiveness, acceptance, humor, and trust between them. I believe that the power of an audience watching these positive attributes in action is even more potent that someone like me yammering about them in theory. 

 

We will be ordering the next disc asap. I think I will be more on top of the food thing this time though. I will be serving humble pie.