Make a list of the chores you’re waiting for your spouse to take care of. Now go down the list and ask yourself how you would take care of them while he or she is off in intensive care at the hospital. Feel that shudder? Sense yourself pulling away, wondering how long you could let it go until your beloved is back on the job? Are you telling yourself you’re not strong enough or...
I just received the sad news last night that infidelity support expert Peggy Vaughan has died after a four-year struggle with cancer. Before she left us, Peggy made sure her Extramarital Affairs Resource Center website, DearPeggy.com, would live on. Her great body of work is still there to help those hurt by an affair or heading for one. So is her Beyond Affairs Network (BAN), offering in-person...
Today, on Veterans Day, the New York Times is calling General Petraeus, a highly decorated veteran and four-star general, simply David H. Petraeus. He stepped down as head of the CIA this week after the FBI learned he was having an affair with one of the authors of his biography, a married mother of two. No one entrusted with a nation’s top secrets or a publicly held corporation’s...
If perchance this blog has helped you improve your marriage, would you be willing to share your story with a national women’s magazine reporter? The request appeared in Bill and Steve Harrison’s Reporter Connection this afternoon. Submit your story by Monday, November 12, 2012, at 6 pm eastern. If you’re not up for appearing in a national magazine, would you consider submitting...
Guys, this is about three mistakes women make that may be behind whatever your woman is doing to drive you nuts. These are honest mistakes, not negligence or intentional abuse. I tell you about them because they might come in handy if you Assume Love and try to find a different, more loving explanation for her behavior than the first one that comes to mind when she upsets you. Mistake Number 1...
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.
