Spouse walks in, sits down, doesn’t acknowledge your presence, ignores your greeting, starts scrolling on the phone. You’re standing there wondering, “Will it always be like this?”or worse, “Can this marriage even be saved?” Most people would want to lash out at that point. Who wouldn’t? You’ve been lonely for a long time, misunderstood, attacked. …
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Dare #14 of The Respect Dare
Communication When I read Dare 14 from The Respect Dare this morning again, I saw a number of things that I hadn’t seen in it before. The comments about the husband’s emotional responses, subtle as they were, stood out to me. What’s really interesting is I’m also currently studying horse communication. I spent about half …
Where are Your Feet Headed?
Sarah slipped into her car and drove to the counselor’s office. Diane put one foot in front of the other, crossing the room to sit next to her cold-hearted and distant husband on the couch. Jennifer walked into where her husband worked, just to invite him to the lunch across the street. Mickey found …
How to Calm Down an Angry Husband
How to Calm Down an Angry Husband Your husband says to you, “You never…” or “You always…” or whatever. Your natural reaction is to be what? How about ticked? Or hurt. Or worse yet, scared. But yes, probably angry. Unless you are scared. Or don’t know what to do. And that usually results in being …
Why is My Marriage So Hard?
You are wondering: Why is my marriage so hard? (I’m going to get to this in a second, and you’ll need to hang with me here. I know that if your marriage is so hard you are grasping at anything, you’re going to want to read this AND stick it out to the bottom – …