I am not one of the 25 bloggers who wrote it, but I think you should see this. It’s a free eBook called LOVEveryday: Thoughts on Loving Amidst the Chaos of Life. It’s beautifully designed and has some wonderful ideas for making the rest of the year even more delightful than Valentine’s Day. Leave them a comment and tell them I sent you. I think we need more of these, and I want...
Happy Valentine’s Day, and thank you for this fourth anniversary of the Asssume Love blog. It wouldn’t be any fun at all without you. If you’ve been lurking, I hope you will say hi in the comments on this anniversary of ours. Today’s topic is, of course, romance. When it gets this much advertising, this much aisle space in almost every store, you would think every husband...
Are you the sort of person who takes good care of your mate? Brings a fresh box of tissues bedside during the flu? Gets up to make breakfast every morning? Washes, matches, and lovingly folds socks? Shows up for a goodbye kiss at the door? Fusses over the kids to make sure they feel securely cared for? How much nurturing do you feel you deserve in return? Great kindness is a character strength...
When you’re facing a big, hairy problem, you can curl up in a little ball and beg your spouse to solve it for you. Or you can come up with a possible solution and try to talk your spouse into joining you in implementing it. Most of the time, both of these will just leave you with a big, hairy problem and an unhappy relationship. Since, of course, you deserve better, these will probably also...
Having trouble communicating about the issues in your marriage? You may not be speaking the same language. “We need to stop spending so much money.” It’s a simple statement of an opinion, yet an utterly uninviting, unencouraging one. We could use some alternatives. “I’m looking forward to doing a lot of things together after the kids are grown and we’re...
