Ultimatums are the result when boundaries don’t work. A boundary is setting a parameter for what is okay behavior and not okay behavior. However, when one partner begins to violate the boundaries to the extent that there is chronic disrespect an ultimatum...
It would be nice if a person first became a friend and then a romantic attraction. It just seems more civil. Sometimes this happens, but most studies agree that people fall in love with the physical attractiveness of the other person. Behavior they don’t...
Thanksgiving, Alcohol and Anger Millions of Americans will gather tomorrow for Thanksgiving. A time do thank Our Savior for what He did on the Cross to save us from eternal punishment. It’s also a time to gather in a home to eat heartily and, perhaps, to over indulge...
The term ‘familiarity breeds contempt’ goes back a long way but its’ basic tenet is this: When two people know a lot about each other there are traits that are bound to come up that the other doesn’t like. Thus, criticism. What are they seeing? So try to see...
Marriage Gaslighting is manipulation by one spouse to convince the other spouse they are unable to see their own reality. One kind of gaslighting is the need to always be right, regardless of evidence to the contrary and whether or not they have shifted positions in...
