Creating the Intimate Connection: The Basics to Emotional Intimacy
HE can’t meet her emotional needs! Disillusionment sets in for her. This is not how the story goes. What about the happily ever after part? She begins to feel angry, cheated, ripped off. The storm begins to brew. The wife begins to criticize her partner or cry or hurt or yell.
Patti Henry • The Emotionally Unavailable Man
Spouse 2 conveyed their hidden emotional state and environmental problems which contributed to the problem so Spouse 1 understood the distance was not personal
Adam Smith • Exhausted Wives, Bewildered Husbands: Why your marriage is hurting, and how to blossom as a couple
Refusing to share needs with a partner means that partner will forever lack confidence and feel like a failure in their own marriage.
Adam Smith • Exhausted Wives, Bewildered Husbands: Why your marriage is hurting, and how to blossom as a couple
Real frowns. “But she’s the after-school mom and the cook and the cleaner-upper,” he says. “That would be fine if she didn’t work, but not if you’re both working. What I see happening with guys is ‘Don’t mess with me—I need sleep and R&R so I can fight the dragons for my family.’ But she’s fighting the dragons now, too.” In the old days, he goe
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