We’re all affected by at least one of them, at least some of the time. Scary Question 1: Are you trying to change me? Scary Question 2: Are you thinking of leaving me? The first one may be asked instead as, “Do you no longer respect who I am? Do you no longer trust my choices, my goals, my values?” The second may be asked as, “Why have you stopped doing the romantic...
I was recently asked how to set personal boundaries in a marriage. What are boundaries? They are the acts we won’t tolerate from other people. “If you hit me even once, I will call the police and file a complaint.” “If you are more than 15 minutes late to meeting me, and you don’t let me know there is a problem, I won’t be there when you arrive.”...
I am a widow who got it right the second time. I have been sharing here since February 14, 2006 what I learned from that experience and from positive psychology, marriage research, and my training as a marriage educator.
