You’ve been in your relationship for years, and although you’ve made mistakes, you believe they are pretty minor compared to the devastating mistakes you’ve accepted from your spouse. Maybe she cheated on you. Maybe he squandered away a huge chunk of your savings. Or maybe, it’s a long list of smaller issues that have you realizing this relationship is not what you … [Read more...]
6 Ways to Apologize if You’re Not Good at Apologies
You aren't perfect. And neither is anyone else for that matter. As humans we do things out of emotion, from our hearts and not necessarily our minds. The funny thing is, we do that pretty often... make mistakes that is. Sometimes your own "stinking thinking" causes you to disappoint your spouse. And other times you just don't know the right things to do in certain situations. … [Read more...]
5 Actions that Increase Your Chances of Being Forgiven by Your Spouse
Is your current residence in the doghouse of your marriage? Have you done something causing your spouse to shut down communication? Is your spouse having a challenge with actually hearing you out and forgiving you? If so, allow me to reassure you that with an appropriate and honest response, you can turn the situation around. Who doesn’t make mistakes and if given an … [Read more...]
Revenge: Stop Trying to Pay Your Spouse Back
If you've read enough of my articles then you should know by now that I’m a BIG dog lover. I wanted to buy a blue pitbull named Danger and ended up with a Yorkie named Boots, but I love my dude nonetheless. So every now and then, I try learning more about dogs and why they do what they do. The other day I was wondering why dogs like to be pet and I came across this article. … [Read more...]
When It Comes to Our Spouses, Why is Forgiveness So Hard
"Ain't asking for forgiveness for my sins..." - Jay Z I wonder, how many of us are asking for forgiveness from our sins? Not only asking for forgiveness from God for things we've done, but asking for forgiveness from our spouses if we've wronged them. Webster defines forgiveness as "to grant free pardon and to give up all claim on account of an offense or debt." Did ya'll … [Read more...]
Can True Forgiveness Occur After Infidelity?
Ask a man or woman if they would stay if their spouse ever cheated and most often their immediate response would be “no.” For many couples infidelity is a deal breaker. A breach in trust is easily seen as grounds to end things and move on. However, for some couples the decision to stay and work to repair trust is made. But what role does forgiveness play in all of this? Many … [Read more...]