We're here to help you navigate married life. Get relationship advice for how to handle fights and keep your relationship hot. We'll even help you find couple friends and handle your guy's bromance.

How can we meet more couple friends? All of my girlfriends are single and my beau and I would love to do date nights out.

Surely one of you must have partnered or married coworkers with whom you could try being friends. If not, consider broadening your social network. Take up new hobbies and meet new people through a running club, cooking course, or language class that you take together or alone. You might also check out MeetUp.com which is a centralized website that connects different social groups in countries all over the world. You may find a group of women (such as through a book club), including married or partnered ones, who you like and want to hang out with. Or you may identify a group that is couple-focused.

You could also just be patient -- after all, your single friends must date on occasion and, when they get more serious with someone, they may be great candidates for double dates. Making brand-new couple friends can be challenging, as you may like the woman but not her boyfriend or husband. Or you may like both people in the couple but your husband may find one of them utterly annoying. As such, while you may have an idealized version of what it would be like to have more couple friends, I would recommend letting it happen naturally with only the gentlest of pushes, such as through broadening your social network. Given enough time, your couple friends will be sure to emerge.

Nestpert: Debby Herbenick, PhD, is a research scientist at Indiana University, a sexual health educator at The Kinsey Institute, and author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure & Satisfaction. She blogs at MySexProfessor.com.

I want to entertain friends a lot but he's not interested and complains every time we have people over. How do we compromise?

Though humans are social creatures by nature, it’s a minority of people that would want people over all the time. You may be unusually social and may need to learn that your husband needs his space or his down time. He may need to learn to come out of his shell or at least allow you space to enjoy entertaining, every now and then.

You could compromise by going with a middle-ground number – for example, if you want to have people over three times a week and he wants people over once a week, then you could compromise on twice a week – but then both of you lose. Instead, look for a way to both win. For example, would you both get what you wanted if you hosted a Super Bowl or March Madness party? Or if he went out with the guys and you had the girls over to watch Top Chef or drink wine?

He also might prefer certain types of gatherings. Some people like small crowds but not big ones. There may be some things you can do at your house and other things you’ll need to meet up with your friends at a restaurant for or ask them to host from time to time so that he can either skip out or leave early if he needs time alone.

By talking to each other about what kind of social life you want and what each of your needs for space are, you can help to create the kind of life at home or with friends that is important to you both. Remember, too, to make time to be together -- just the two of you.

Nestpert: Debby Herbenick, PhD, is a research scientist at Indiana University, a sexual health educator at The Kinsey Institute, and author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure & Satisfaction. She blogs at MySexProfessor.com.

Keep your relationship on the right track by avoiding these common pitfalls. We cover everything from grappling with debt to getting stuck in a sex rut!

Mistake #1: Not Dealing With Debt

Newsflash: Money is the #1 thing couples fight about. Fess up about your personal debt -- because for better or worse -- and then set up a financial game plan with our budgeter.

Mistake #2: Alienating Your Friends

Friends are key for a successful marriage, so tag along on those girls' nights out. Just because you're not guy-hunting doesn't mean you can't be a supportive wingwoman.

Mistake #3: Not Having Enough Sex

Over 60 percent of newlyweds we surveyed were already in a sex rut! Yeah, you're busy, but that's not a good enough excuse not to get busy. Initiate sex, even if you don't feel like it or have to schedule it. If you get in the habit of having it, you'll start wanting it (and liking it) more.

Mistake #4: Letting Yourself Go

So you put on the "newlywed nine." Big whoop...you've already found your mate, right? Wrong! Make a plan to get fit together or at least respect each other's goals.

Mistake #5: Outlawing the In-Laws

Fifty percent of couples we surveyed have a problematic relationship with their in-laws (ya think?). Manage expectations, like saying you'll call on Sundays so his mom doesn't guilt-trip you for ignoring her weekday messages. Even if your spouse is bitching about his family, resist the urge to chime in. It'll bite you in the butt later.

Mistake #6: Crazy Fighting

Getting hitched isn't a free pass to hit below the belt (sorry!). When you're getting really heated, walk away to cool down for a few minutes.

Mistake #7: Becoming Baby-Obsessed

It's easy to fixate on that next big step, but chill out -- the average couple has a kid within three years of marriage. So really, why rush? Savor the moments (and vacations you can take!) now...when you won't have to be waking up for a brutal 4 a.m. feeding.

He gets mad when I post personal things about our lives on Facebook. It’s nothing too personal so I don’t see the big deal!

Define personal. If he’s upset that you posted what you ate for lunch, that’s one thing. But if he’s upset that you’re posting something that involves him, then he has a right to have input. Your Facebook status updates may not be chronicling your sex life (at least I hope not!) but if you put anything on Facebook that makes him uncomfortable, try to listen carefully to his concerns.

He has a right, for example, to insist that you not put anything on Facebook that involves him. If he doesn’t want his picture on Facebook or information about what he’s doing, then you should respect that. Even though many of us are pretty open on Facebook, some people are not for good reason. Employers sometimes use Facebook information and pictures to make decisions about hiring or promotions. Your husband may be worried that a drunken picture of him or a wall post that references his political affiliation could put him in a bad position one day.

Then again, you also have rights to post things about yourself. If he is upset about your own personal self-expression then you may want to have a talk about the many ways that people express themselves through music, clothes, cars, cooking, books, hairstyles, makeup, and careers -- and yes, now through Facebook. Finally, talking together about your privacy settings and demonstrating that you have taken precautions to protect your information from people outside your group of family and friends may help your case.

Nestpert: Debby Herbenick, PhD, is a research scientist at Indiana University, a sexual health educator at The Kinsey Institute and author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure & Satisfaction. She blogs at MySexProfessor.com.

His job is taking over our lives -- he’s constantly stressed out when he comes home and it’s taking its toll. How can I help him better separate work life and home life?

Does your husband love -- or at least like -- his work? If not, it may be time for a family meeting. After all, if he’s doing something that he doesn’t like and the stress level is so high that it’s taking its toll on your home life and your relationship, then that’s a recipe for disaster: namely, a grumpy husband and a fed-up wife who dreads him coming home.

If he likes his job then it’s time for a different type of family meeting -- the kind where you figure out how you can support him in his work and how he can be more supportive of your marriage. Maybe he would be less stressed out about work if he knew that he could stay late at the office one night per week or go in on the weekend once in a while without you being upset. Some people find that they need to decompress after work. This can mean taking a hot shower or going for a run (either of which you could do together). For others, it means a solid 30 to 60 minutes alone, sitting in front of the television or in a quiet room.

Try talking to your husband and letting him know how his work stress is trickling into your home life. Let him know that your relationship is more important to you than anything and that you want to work together to find a way to give him the space he needs for his career while also carving out time together at home.

Nestpert: Debby Herbenick, PhD is a research scientist at Indiana University, a sexual health educator at The Kinsey Institute and author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure & Satisfaction. She blogs at MySexProfessor.com.