Is marital confrontation difficult for you? Or maybe it isn’t difficult for you, but it doesn’t come out well when it happens (or you feel the need to make it happen). Either way, if it isn’t working then something needs to change so it does. To help you in this Read More…
Nitpicking. We’ve done that to each other in our marriage WAY too many times. Have you? Nitpicking (as defined by author, Sylvia Smith) is “focusing on minor flaws, trivial issues, or insignificant imperfections in one’s partner or the relationship itself. It involves magnifying small mistakes or quirks and treating them as Read More…
Do you have a spouse who doesn’t seem to change, no matter what you do? Have you said to him or her everything you can think of to say, and yet still no change? Do you often wonder, “what am I to do when my spouse won’t change?” Below you Read More…
A building block for good extended-family relationships involves learning to deal with disagreements and differences of opinion. Such conflicts are bound to arise with the merging of two families. It’s amazing how often parents, in laws and their children often end up in power struggles over small issues that become Read More…
It seems like everywhere you turn, husband and male bashing is a common thing today! It’s not uncommon to hear women talking horribly about their husbands. They talk about what their husbands DID do that exasperated them. They talk about what they DIDN’T do that also made them flustered. And Read More…
