945. Is Change the Key to a Good Marriage? By Wallace Goddard · November 13, 2017, in Meridian Magazine -- interesting insights!
This article has some very good insights into why some marriages develop relationship problems! I hope we aren't like the picture below! Is Change the Key to a Good Marriage? By Wallace Goddard · November 13, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Over time, the things that attracted us to each other start to make us crazy. Two marriage scholars share a story: “Frank’s need for time alone conflicted with Debra’s need for time together. The more he sought independence, the more she pressed for closeness. The more emotional she became, the more he “turned off.” Before long, she began to see his shyness as inadequacy, his careful, deliberate style as boring, and his reluctance to communicate as lack of love. He began to see her emotionality as immaturity, her energetic tempo as exhausting, and her desire for closeness as weakness.” (Christensen & Jacobson, Reconcilable Differences, 2