Time and again I have had a distraught husband or wife tell me that they no longer communicate with their partners. What they mean is that they no longer take the time to share their hopes and fears, their joys and their frustrations. Two days ago Beverley sat in my study and cried, because after [...]
Posts Tagged ‘level of communication’
I’m afraid to tell you, we never talk anymore
November 17, 2008Enrich our Marriages, Telling it like it is part 3
November 13, 2008Be specific — avoid generalisations Words like “never” and “always” are usually not true (I was tempted to say “are never true”). When a wife says to her husband, “You never show me any affection,” she is leaving herself wide open to being proved incorrect, because the husband will probably remind her that several weeks [...]
