“The War on Terror,” is a 2001 phrase coined by the then President George W. Bush. However I’m not referring to that war but rather the war that may or may not be going on in our home. What is your spouse afraid of? We all have three core longings that look to be fed [...]
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The War on Terror
Posted: March 8, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: A three-strand cord, E5, George W. Bush, Harmony, Husband, Iraq, Love, Marriage, Relationships, United States, War on Terror, Wife
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Whatcha Sayin’? #7
Posted: January 30, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Choice, Communication, E5, Family, Husband, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife
If you’ve followed from the beginning of this series through to this point, I want to offer you a challenge. Here’s what I’d like you to do…please…for me? Please? I want you to (you, need you to) talk with your sweetie; communicate with them on a sub-atomic level. In a conversation (NOT when emotions are [...]
Whatcha Sayin’? #6
Posted: January 28, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Choice, Communication, E5, Family, Husband, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife
Affect communication? You betcha…and in a bad way!! The problem is, there’s this unknown distortion going on…behind your, or your spouses, ears. Once one of you is attacked or broadsided by a previous scenario, you are mentally handcuffed, unable to process your feelings (let alone explain the emotional turmoil going on inside). Those neglected hurts [...]
Whatcha Sayin’? #5
Posted: January 26, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Choice, Communication, E5, Family, Husband, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife
Culture and experience can lead to some pretty amazingly different understandings. An example: Let’s pretend that she was told repeatedly by her parents that she was just a “silly little girl” in a condescending and devaluing manner. Then one day her husband says that she’s acting “silly.” Because of the negative culture she grew up [...]
Whatcha Sayin’? #4
Posted: January 24, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Choice, Communication, E5, Family, Husband, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife
Just like the North and South examples clearly showed (maybe exaggeratedly, maybe not) a large disparity between how one speaks “English” and how another might speak “English.” Brides and Grooms are the same way…same words…different meanings. Why, well, some of it’s sexually oriented (no, not coital but gender oriented). For instance, if a wife said [...]
Whatcha Sayin’? #3
Posted: January 23, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Choice, Communication, E5, Family, Husband, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife
Okay, now for a little taste of my years living and yes traveling in the North. This example is so very accurate for those that have been my neighbors for so many years. The weather is the first thing that just about everyone brings up. So without further adieu: Uff-da, it’s gettin’ chilly, gotta take [...]
Whatcha Sayin’? #2
Posted: January 20, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Choice, Communication, E5, Family, Husband, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife
In my years of living and traveling in and through the South, this sort of conversation, even a simple topic of hunting, could be heard (keep in mind that each “word” would take about 1.3 seconds to pronounce). I’m raught beholden to ya fir loanin’ me zat thar huntin’ dawg. We shore-nuff had a lotta [...]
Whatcha Sayin’? #1
Posted: January 18, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Choice, Communication, E5, Family, Husband, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Wife
Language is everything … well almost. Language, or communication rather, is probably one of the longest know components of our universe…besides God. God communicated his desires/thoughts and they became a reality as he created the universe. Do you ever feel like you try to communicate something to your spouse and they just don’t seem to [...]
