June 23, 2009
Stop Telling Him How to Get You What You Want
As I’ve said, trying to tell your husband how to do something is highly ineffective. Still, it’s not unusual for women to try to get what they want by giving their husbands instructions about how to get it—as if he wouldn’t otherwise know that there’s such a thing as a florist or a mall nearby. Read more »
Posted in Marriage, love, relationship | Tags: husband, house, saying, chicken, bigger house, telling, restaurant, server, dress |
June 23, 2009
Many wives make demands, which cause terrible resentment. Saying, “You should buy me that necklace in the window at Tiffany’s” is a demand. Any sentence that starts with “You should . . .”, “Why don’t you?” or “I want you to . . .” is automatically a demand because it’s a request expressed with a sense of control. Read more »
Posted in love, relationship | Tags: demand, husband |
June 23, 2009
Sometimes it’s tempting to soften your desires by asking your husband for something instead of just saying you want it. This may sound odd, but I notice women express themselves in questions all the time. I did it not long ago when a friend was over. Read more »
Posted in love, relationship | Tags: canyon this summer, demanding, desires, grand canyon, husband, kids, kids piano lessons, love, relationship, romance, saying, she |
June 23, 2009
“There is no wealth but life.”
The unromantic mother/son dynamic (where you tell your husband how much he can spend or what he can buy) is the first thing to go when you let him manage the finances. Remember: Men are not attracted to their mothers. Read more »
Posted in love, relationship | Tags: family, finances, husband, love and money, marriage and money, money, money fight |
June 12, 2009
Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Read more »
Posted in Marriage, love, relationship | Tags: insanity, miserable marriage, vulnerable |
June 12, 2009
In the old days I used to tell my husband to stop watching so much TV. I would implore him to cut his late hours at work. I told him I needed help with the yard. Of course what I really wanted was for him to pay more attention to me. Needless to say at this Point, my strategy was worse than useless. Read more »
Posted in Marriage, love | Tags: happy marriage, husband, megan, miss, need husband attention, she, steve, time |
June 12, 2009
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more. Read more »
Posted in love, relationship | Tags: anger, argument in relationship, husband, rejected or abandoned, tender love, vulnerable |
June 1, 2009
Ever picked your child up from a birthday party and opened the door on a roomful of kids bouncing off the walls? All that sugar has an amazingly dramatic effect on the brain. So it’s hardly surprising that in daily life, too, overdoing the sweet stuff affects your child’s behaviour. Read more »
Posted in health | Tags: blood, blood glucose levels, blood sugar, carbohydrates, child, energy, foods, glucose, health kid nutrition food, kids, low GI, nutrition, starches in foods, sugar, sugars and starches |
June 1, 2009
For a powerhouse of goodness there is nothing to beat sprouted seeds. They contain all the plant’s nutrients in a highly concentrated form and are fantastic energy boosters. Read more »
Posted in health | Tags: dieting, energy boost, energy dieting food, non fat nutrition food, nutritional, seeds, sprout |