Wednesday 19 August 2015

Very Married


Seriously, "Be very married".  That's romantic.
I think it means: be intensely loyal and loving to your spouse.
Of course they have to be loyal and loving to you too :)
Time to "be very married".

Sunday 2 August 2015

Why do couples talk?

In his book, Mars and Venus in Touch, Dr. John Gray observes that men and women talk about their problems for very different reasons, and at different stages of the problem's lifetime.

The man generally prefers to avoid talking about a problem until he feels ready to confront and put an end to it; if he brought it up in conversation, "he would have to address himself to solving [it]."

The woman, on the other hand, will not feel ready to confront a problem until she has talked about it, perhaps at length. She wants to "articulate her problems," "in a nonlinear, unedited way," "so she can set them aside."

Their very different reasons for discussing problems can cause friction between couples if each does not understand why the other is talking. Fortunately, Dr. Gray points out, the solution is simple:

He should recognize that she talks about her problems because she is not yet ready to confront them, and so he should avoid looking for solutions she is not ready to hear. Instead, he should simply listen actively to encourage her to talk all the way through the issues.

She should recognize that he does not talk about his problems because he is not yet ready to confront them, If she makes him talk too soon, he won't have solutions and that will be frustrating to him. and so she should not require him to look for solutions he is not ready to find. Instead, she should simply talk in her nonlinear, unedited way to encourage him to see a way through the issues.

Who wants to try talking to their spouse this week with this new method? Who knows maybe it'll work for you.