I've been married almost 22 years. (And, YES, all 22 to the same women.:) ) So, I feel qualified to say that the only thing that gets me is when she asks me to be perfectly honest, and then gets mad when I am.
Lets see marriage, on the second attempt, I made her wait four years before we got hitched. It has been almost three years since the funeral! Gotta love her.
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A tip for both genders on their communication skills (which seems to be a chief complaint here), read Deborah Tannen's "You Just Don't Understand".
Props to KCronist on his upstanding partnership with his bride -- not hard to see why they've been there 20 years. :approve:
--Catt, been there only 12 years
Thanks for the comment, and you are absolutely right. Its all about communication, and I've noticed the ages of some of these young men who are posting. Give them 5-7 more years, and they will realize that is is a 2 way street.
And I have a TIP for the men out there. This is absolutely the truth and I do not care what anyone says. I am a conservative male, I am active,I do karate, play in several sports leagues, hunt, fish, and do other things. However, I go to the opera, go to dinner, I even go shopping. I someimes do laundry, do the dishes and other things around the house. Last night my wife swept out my garage/workshop just because it needed it. The only way to make things work is compromise and communication and making your partner feel like an equal, and not anything else, simply an equal.
Jim and I were married for almost 30 years when he died. The things that kept us together thru the worst times were: 1.) realizing we pissed off each other occasionally and being willing to talk it out w/o getting angry; 2.) learning there were times and subjects on which we would NEVER agree (politics) and simply agreeing to disagree on those; 3.) NEVER going bed angry (some long nights that way); 4.) working like dogs on our relationship, and emphasizing the things we enjoyed about each other; and 5.) tons of prayer.
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Don't ask me. Been married 19 years. I do all talking and listening. She doesn't like to talk conflict. avoids it. (Doesn't like bad feelings) Drives me nuts cuz i love to keep everything in the open. But she is still irreplacable. :)
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