Communication
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5 Simple Ways to Show Love
Gary Chapman, author of The 5 Love Languages believes “Each person has a primary love language that we must learn to speak if we want that person to feel loved.” Learning these different terms and how to properly use them can help strengthen your marriage. Affirmation Your partner and yourself need verbal expressions to feel loved, sexy and hear words that are affirming. Saying loving things or doing something sexy for your partner can be difficult. Letting your guard down creates intimacy and a safe space for the both of you to express your deepest feelings without any shame. Agree on some ground rules and go from there. Remember, your…
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If You Use This One Word, You Will Ruin Your Apology
Uh-oh! You’re in the doghouse again. Regardless of what you did (or said) to offend the other person, you need to fess up, and fast. But still, tread lightly; saying the wrong thing could quickly turn your apology from frank to false. “As I explain in my book, the challenge of apologizing is not just a matter of saying the right words, because apologizing with the wrong words can feel worse to the hurt party than no apology at all,” psychologist Harriet Lerner, PhD, wrote for Psychology Today. In fact, there’s an almost surefire way to turn an apology into an insult—and it only takes a single, two-letter word to do so.…
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10 Tips On How To Listen To Your Spouse Better
Good communication is at the basis of a healthy relationship. But communication is a skill that needs to be acquired and worked at. Listening is a fundamental part of good communication. Couple communication skills involve both talking and listening. The very first skill to learn is active listening. Being able to express yourself clearly is an important facet of good communication skills. Being able to listen to what is being said is an important skill. Learning how to listen well could be the single most important thing you can do to maintain a relationship. So how do you listen to what your partner is trying to tell you? Understand…
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5 Questions Every Husband Should Ask Himself When His Wife Starts Crying
In every marriage, there is going to come a time when every husband is faced with his wife crying for no apparent reason. Although seeing a person cry can be a bit frightening at first there are ways to deal with tears that will transform you into very much appreciated husbands. Tears can be very difficult to deal with especially if you are not used displays of emotion. However, the ability to deal with tears will put you firmly on the list of best husbands ever. Tears can be very good therapy in allowing one to get it all out. Research shows that women do actually cry more than men.…
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8 No No’s for Relating to your Husband
They say that men are simple creatures and easier to understand than women. It’s a too if-if debate. But what we do know is that men are wired quite differently to women when it comes to communication, processing information and yes, even hormonally. There are many mistakes wives may be making in relating to their husbands. By addressing some of these, you may find communication and your relationship grows stronger every day. Your Hubby is not your BFF Yes, he may listen politely to you complaining about how irritating your sister is/ how angry you are about not being invited to your cousin’s wedding and how excited you are…
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A Question That Could Save Your Relationship
Maybe the two of you have been fighting a lot recently, or maybe things are fine, and you are just looking for a way to make a good thing even better. In both of the cases, it is important to get one thing out of the way. That being that relationships take work. There is no magical cure. Each relationship is completely different, and something that works for one couple will not necessarily work for another. That being said, the question that is going to be presented is not going to make your relationship work overnight. Maybe it won’t work out at all. But, the thing that makes this question…
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4 Ways To Find Out What Is Really Going On During Your Fights
Often during marital fights there are two layers of emotions. The first one is the layer that consists of primary emotions. For example, a spouse may feel hurt because the partner ignores an invitation to a social function at work. The second layer is the layer with secondary emotions. In the same example hurt may lead to anger and even though in reality the person is hurt, the hurt manifests itself to the partner as anger. If you get stuck dealing only with secondary emotions, you will not be able to solve the real issues and this may damage your marriage. This article shares tips that will help you figure…
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I Can Forgive But How Am I Supposed to Forget?
“To err is human, to forgive is Divine.” Are you meant to forget? Forgive…and forget? The short answer – yes. Every marriage, and relationship, that is built on love, is also built on trust. It is the foundation of personal relationships, and of the close bond, we share, especially in a marriage. Relationships require compromise, and give and take, and the ability to move forward, especially if there are serious problems that arise. The challenge, for any spouse, is to completely forgive, their partner – if they wish to continue in their marriage and to rebuild their relationship. The nature of forgiveness, by definition, includes forgetting – a blank slate,…
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10 Things You Can Do For Your Hurting Husband
Marriage is not easy. It takes continual effort from both sides. But, if this kind of union is so difficult, then why do people still get married in their thousands each year? Well, the obvious answer is that there are a fair number of pros to getting married. The foremost of this being companionship. When you commit yourself to someone for the rest of your life, they do the same thing for you. This may possibly be one of the greatest comforts. How then do you return the love and support when your husband is hurting? He needs you to be his friend Not all relationships start as friendships, but…
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Giving and Receiving Forgiveness Is Crucial to a Relationship
Studies have shown that forgiveness is a crucial factor in a healthy relationship. Couples who demonstrate forgiveness have longer, healthier romantic relationships. Everybody has flaws and couples who expect a relationship to be perfect are setting themselves up for disappointment. Forgiveness is tough but not being able to forgive has many negative consequences. What lack of forgiveness can cause In relationships where there is a lack of forgiveness, it is difficult to resolve conflicts. Neither partner is prepared to compromise nor admit to being wrong. They keep harboring a grudge and build up resentment against each other. Those who hold grudges are constantly living in the past. Lack of…
