Give your spouse a break. Don’t hold them to unreasonably high standards. No one can be perfect all the time. Or even close. You’d let your friends slip from time to time; you’d understand that periodically they might not be on their best behavior. Offer that same leniency to the person you committed your life […]
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You have many sides of yourself. The key is to pull out the right side of you for the situation. Your words. Your voice. Your demeanor. Your actions. Listen in to your spouse’s energy at the moment. Body language. Expression. Base it off off your years of experiences and life together. Does your spouse need
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Most people want to be noticed and acknowledged and addressed as their best self. At least as someone admirable and respectable. For yourself, when you think of your spouse, think of them as their best (better) self. And then express that out loud to them. And to others. “He isn’t home much because he is
Address your spouse as their best self. They’ll likely live up to it. Read More »
If you stop focusing on your marriage, it just won’t thrive. You can’t ‘frontload’ a marriage; you must constantly maintain it. You can’t put in tons in the beginning and hope it lasts a lifetime. You can’t live along the motto of “I told you ‘I love you’ and I’ll let you know if anything
Keep up the little things in your marriage. Read More »
Many times, the message gets lost in the choice of words or body language or other non verbals. The message itself can be rather innocuous or innocent. But the words used are not quite sensitive. Or the timing is off. Don’t throw out the message because it wasn’t packaged in the best way. Mostly, people
Focus on the message, not the exact choice of words. Read More »
