![]() “If you liked it, you would be excited and thank me a lot. ‘’Yes, I do like it,’’ he says, becoming more confused. He gets confused and says, ‘’Yes, I do like it.’’ ‘’No, you don’t, you aren’t excited,’’ she insists. The wife gives her husband a carefully wrapped present, he opens it and thanks her. ![]() The cycle of wrongly interpreted reactions continues infinitely until you realize what is making it spin in the first place.Īre you familiar with the pattern of the following situation? It’s a Christmas evening, and the husband and wife exchange presents. ‘’Wives are made to love, want to love, and expect love,’’ he says, while, ‘’Husbands are made to be respected, want respect, and expect respect.’ When wives don’t get love, they react with disrespect, and when husbands don’t get respect, they behave as if they don’t love. The crazy cycleĮggerichs says almost all problems in marriages revolve around these two statements, ‘’He doesn’t love me,’’ and, ‘’She disrespects me.’’ Men and women differ in many aspects, but the marriage cares only about the differences in the spouses' desires. So, get ready to learn what women desire the most and what men desperately need. Once we understand what our partner wants, he says, we are on the way to a successful and rewarding marriage. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author bases this idea on his extensive counseling experience, scientific research, and the Bible. The main premise of ‘’The New York Times’’ bestseller ‘’Love & Respect’’ by Emerson Eggerichs is that men and women long for different things in a marriage. ![]()
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