Nagging, bitchy women, and dealing with partners who don’t listen. The quickest way for anyone to get zero cooperation from a woman is to call her a bitch. After that vile word is spoken, she will take pleasure in sticking an imaginary knife into whoever’s heart and twisting it with glee. Even if you have Read More
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45 Things to Ask Before You Get Married.
A marriage therapist’s questions for finding lasting love. by Becky Whetstone, Ph.D. (Note: If you don’t want to miss Doctor Becky’s blog posts, follow her on the Medium platform and request email notifications.) Whether to get married or not is one of life’s biggest decisions, and in my opinion fewer people should do it. Why? Read More
What my Four Marriages Have Taught Me — by a Marriage Therapist.
Lessons a marriage therapist has learned from her three divorces and once successful marriage.
(Don’t Hate me For Saying) You Need to Give More to Your Relationship
“This one thinks being dependent or having needs is weak,” she said, as she pushed herself forward on the couch, pointing toward her husband. “Because of this, I’m not supposed to ask him for anything. Is this really true? It just doesn’t make sense to me. If that’s what it is, then what is marriage?” Read More
What’s reasonable to ask of your spouse? Sometimes a therapist must be the judge.
sometimes couples lock horns over issues and a therapist must choose what’s right.
10 Big, Divorce-Proofing Talks To Have Before Getting Married
Huffington Post blogger Brittany Wong recently quoted Dr. Becky in an article focusing on the discussions couples need to have before getting married: It may not be the sexiest way to spend a Saturday night, but discussing big-ticket relationship issues like family planning, money and monogamy could be the best way for couples to stave Read More
Power struggles: What to do if one spouse is more successful than the other.
Put two people in a room and they’re going to compare themselves to one another other – that’s what humans do. The same is true of two people who are married, each looks at the other and decides who’s the best, the strongest, smartest, nicest, who does the most – ugh – power struggles are Read More
Power struggles: What to do if one spouse is more successful than the other.
Power struggles: What to do if one spouse is more successful than the other. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest Put two people in a room and they’re going to compare themselves to one another other — that’s what humans do. The same is true of two people who are married, each Read More
Things never to say to your wife …
Note: This article was inspired byBrittany Wong, editor of the Huffington Post Divorce Section, who asked me to provide her some comments for the article she was writing. Check out my take on it below, and check out the result of her article here. Common sense says that in a relationship with someone, the bar Read More
Things you should never say to your man …
Note: I love it when Brittany Wong, an editor with the Huffington Post Divorce section emails and asks me to write something for her on a certain subject. She’s usually polling several therapists and usually needs only a few comments, but her requests always get me thinking and I end up making a whole blog Read More