- “Your spouse is not responsible for your happiness, and you are not responsible for theirs.” -TMG1053
- “It is not always a 50/50 partnership. Each person has to be ready to put in 100% when the other person cannot. Sometimes you have to give more, and the books may never balance out again, and that’s OK!”
- “Its great to love the person you are marrying but make sure you also like them. If they weren’t your spouse, would you still choose them as a friend, exactly the way they are now? Marry someone you don’t feel compelled to change into someone else.”
- “It’s never you against your spouse. It’s always you and your spouse against the problem.” – PenniDreadful
- “It’s OK to spend time alone together. Quite often, one of us will play video games, read or watch TV while the other is doing something else in the same room (or another!). Don’t mistake ‘alone time’ with ‘I don’t want to be with you’ time.”
- “Kiss a lot. Physical contact builds your feelings of intimacy.” – Chelsea424
- “The phrase “Don’t go to bed mad is BS. Its okay to take some time to calm down and revisit the issue later.”
- “Listen to understand, not to solve their problem. You can’t solve everything. You are not Ben & Jerry’s!” -TMG1053
- “Discuss finances early – once you are married, you take on each other’s financial responsibilities and it’s important to know what those are before the wedding. Get on the same page and stay there.”
- Kee your relationship private. If you have issues with your spouse, bring it to them, not Facebook, not Reddit, not your mom. Keep your troubles, dirty laundry, stress and issues between the two of you.” -TMG1053
- “Shared goals—like finances, kids and careers—are more important than shared hobbies.” “It’s like Yasmin Mogahed said — ‘People wonder what goes wrong after the wedding day. I think it’s when giving turns to expecting and gratitude turns to entitlement.”-Kimbee13
- “Be prepared to date each other forever. The second you stop courting each other, it all falls apart.”
- “Have separate blankets. Nothing builds resentment like a freezing butt at 3a.m.
- “Someone once told me ‘Once you get married, your spouse becomes your family and your family becomes your relatives.’ It really helped me navigate stressful family gatherings knowing we had each other’s backs and that we were our own team.” -johnthestarr
- “The point of arguing is not to win, it’s to understand where they’re coming from and why this issue matters to them.” -manateebae
- “Be playmates. Find time to play games or chase, whatever. Just play.” -Chelsea424
- “Learn how your partner deals with stress and anger and learn together how to make it work for you guys.”
- “Be honest. That doesn’t mean tell each other everything – but don’t deliberately omit information your spouse should know.”
- “You will wonder why you ever thought this was a good idea. This is normal.”
- “Make sure you want a marriage, instead of just an awesome wedding.” -Filthyhermit
- “A trick to getting out of fights is to tell each other how important the issue is to you, using the 1-10 scale. Ask your spouse ‘How important is this to you?’ And if it’s a 9 to you, tell them. Often times we get into fights and don’t know how to get out of them.”
- “You’re a team – act like it. Especially in front of the kids.
- “Too many people don’t understand that the first ‘I do’ is the first of daily ‘I do’s’ required to make it work.”
- “Sex is important. Its not everything. But it is important.”
- “Have two comfortable places to sleep. It’ll really come in handy not just during arguments, but when someone is sick, has allergies or snores.”
- “Dream together. If you can dream up something incredible with your spouse it’ll not only give you something to look forward to but will keep that fire burning and will remind you of your promise to one another.
Friday, September 20, 2019
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Friday, January 11, 2019
Divorced Men Reveal The Final Straw In Their Marriages
Divorced Men Reveal The Final Straw In Their Marriages
By: Brittany Wong
A marriage usually deteriorates slowly, after months or years of simmering tension and poor communication.
But as most divorced people will tell you, if your outlook on the relationship is already bleak, sometimes there’s a moment ― a big argument or shocking revelation ― that signals to you that the marriage is beyond saving.
Recently we asked divorced men to share what the final straw was in their marriages. See what they had to say below.
The affair
“For me, it was learning that my infant daughter had met my wife’s affair partner. I could have probably worked through anything, but that just left me repulsed by the marriage at that point. The best thing now is being able to see how much better off I am as not just a person but as a father. I’ve always been a good dad, but after my divorce, I became a better father than I thought I could be.” ― Daniel D.
The co-dependent family
“For me, it was the co-dependence she displayed amongst her family members. Her mother would come and stay for weeks or months, obsessively cleaning our home and doing the family laundry. My ex-wife was unable to care for our children without her mother’s constant help. Meanwhile, my family had to schedule and plan any visit whatsoever. I separated from my ex-wife after her brother lived with us without contributing for over 16 months. We were never able to connect as a couple because she put her family first, her kids second and I was a distant third.” ― Drew L.
The smoothie
“The last straw in my marriage wasn’t a fight or an argument. It wasn’t even a misunderstanding or miscommunication. The morning routine in our house was hectic and hurried. My wife usually tried to fix the kids and me a little something to eat while I loaded the car or gave the dog a quick walk before we all left the house together. Most mornings, my wife made me a fruit smoothie, which I always appreciated. I’d slam it down in mere seconds so I wouldn’t have to take it with me in the car. One day, as I was chugging my breakfast, I coughed up a huge wooden shard that went from my smoothie cup to the back of my throat. I gagged as I removed it from my mouth. At first, I had no idea what it was... until I saw a wooden spoon sitting on the counter, its end having been shredded by the blades of the blender. I held it up and showed my wife. She just shrugged. The car ride to work was quiet and I mostly thought about how little my wife cared about me.” ― Bill F.
The divorce attorney letters
“My wife asked me to recycle some papers of hers, and as I was going through them, removing our names and addresses, I came across correspondence between her and a divorce attorney, which had been going on since the start of our marriage. In the letters, she was formulating the best plan to get the most money she could from me in support, and one of the letters mentioned a secret brokerage account she had. In that letter, she had asked her attorney when she should transfer stocks from our joint account to her personal account. After the shock wore off and I wiped away my tears, I went out into the very cold night for a long walk, realizing that I had been completely duped and blindsided and the chances of moving forward with our marriage from here were very small.” ― Matt S.
The open-marriage dealbreaker
“The thing that put an end to my marriage was when my then-wife was texting with a female love interest on our couch while completely ignoring me. I had asked her several questions and tried to make conversation, and she simply failed to respond. We had decided to open up our relationship as she was becoming more curious about women, which was fine. But I wanted it to be hierarchical nonmonogamy. Clearly, I wasn’t her main preoccupation anymore. We had a lot of other issues to work out. If we weren’t going to cherish one another, it seemed to me we wouldn’t do the hard work necessary to get us back on track.” ― Philip T.
The yearlong doghouse
“The last straw for me came after sleeping on the couch for a full year. I began having panic attacks, waking up in the middle of the night with my heart pounding, in a cold sweat, and thinking I was going to have a stress-induced heart attack. I knew then that I had to make a change or I might end up dropping dead.” ― Steve R.
The phone call
“My ex-wife and I both had our share of fooling around during our eight years of marriage. But we reached a point where we agreed that if one of us stepped out again, the marriage would be over. Shortly after this agreement, I received a call from my wife’s lover’s girlfriend. She gave me her boyfriend’s pager number. She told me that my wife and her boyfriend were together, and that if I called right then, I would receive a call back from my wife within the next two minutes. When I received that call, our marriage was officially over.” ― David A.
The bank account
“I was exhausted, anxiously trying to return home after an intense travel week for my sales job, when I got the call that made it clear the previous 17 years of marriage counseling was not enough to accomplish the goal of till death do us part. It was the bank, verifying that I had moved $50,000 into my wife’s name and changed the passwords and secret questions to our joint account. It soon became clear that my wife instructed another man to impersonate me and take for herself what was ours. My bank was astute enough to call and ask if I was having marital problems. The level of fear and anger after having been deceived so viciously, when my heart’s desire was to keep my family of six together, was one the most devastating blows. She also shut down our joint checking account. My direct deposit paycheck actually bounced a few days later back to my employer. Her selfishness was no longer something only I could see.” ― Bryan C.
The gift basket
“The last straw came when things were on the rocks and she told her friends. Not too long after, we were at home with our two kids and there was a ring at the door. There was a big basket left at the doorstep. There was a note with some beers and some gifts. My daughter, who was 8 at the time, picked up the note and started reading it. I looked over her shoulder and saw the note was signed by “The Bitches.” It was from her friends, I don’t remember exactly what the note said. It had some words of encouragement to her and a dig at me. They knew I was home with her and our kids. It was right at dinner time. It was totally calculated. They wanted me to see it. At a time when our family was teetering, it could not have come at a worse time. Plus, my kids were unaware of the real situation going on with their parents.
What got me the most was her reaction to the fact that our daughter just read this note. My ex-said, ‘Well, now our daughter now knows what it’s like to have good friends’ and smiled. She loved it. That is when I knew for sure she was done with our marriage.” ― Mark P.
( Article from Huffpost. Link available under the title)
Greed Rots Your Soul
Greed Rots Your Soul
CHRISTIANITY
7 Deadly
sins: Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, Sloth
“Also known as avarice, cupidity,
or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of desire. However,
greed (as seen by the Church) is applied to an artificial, rapacious desire and
pursuit of material possessions. Thomas Aquinas wrote, "Greed is a sin against
God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the
sake of temporal things."
“For the love
of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some
have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” 1
Timothy 6:10
“But those
who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless
and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.” 1 Timothy
6:10
Greed is the mother of all sins, it is the stuff other deadly sins are
made of.
“Like pride, it can lead to not just some, but all
evil”
HINDUISM
In the
ancient Hindu epic "The Mahabharata," Bhishma, son of the holy river
Ganges and one of Hinduism’s great yogis, delivers Hinduism’s great treatise on
greed, naming it for the faithful as the matrix out of which all other evil
arises:
"Yudhisthira
said: 'I desire, O bull of Bharata’s race, to hear in detail the source from
which sin proceeds and the foundation on which it rests.' Bhishma said: 'Hear,
O King, what the foundation is of sin. Covetousness alone is a great destroyer
of merit and goodness. From covetousness proceeds sin. It is from this source
that sin and irreligiousness flow, together with great misery. This
covetousness is the spring also of all the cunning and hypocrisy in the world.
It is covetousness that makes men sin....'"
BUDDHISM
Greed is
considered one of the three poisons of Buddhism, the others being ignorance and
aversion.
Buddhism,
in essence, rests on a practiced abhorrence of the ways of desiring. The
Visuddhimagga explicitly counsels: "Greed is the real dirt, not dust
…The wise have shaken off this dirt, and in the dirt-free man’s religion,
live."
ISLAM
Material
greed is an omnipresent temptation that terminates only at death.
“The
102nd Sura of the Qur’an, al-Takathur, opens with the proclamation,
“Vying for increase distracts you, until you visit the graves.” In the 104th
Sura (al-Humazah), we read, “Woe unto every slandering backbiter, who amasses wealth
and tallies it, supposing that his wealth makes him immortal.”
JUDAISM
All material
wealth in this world is decreed by God- and thus it all belongs to him and it
is as if we were merely stewards looking after the money of God. Therefore, we
cannot hoard it, but must use it constructively.
The Talmud
and Midrash amplifies the verse in Koheles (Eccl. 5:9): “One who loves money
will never be satisfied with money.” The Midrash Koheles Rabbah (1:13) states:
“One who has one hundred [of some currency] wants two hundred.” In other words,
greed is futile. It is a goal with no end.
SIKHISM
According
to the Sikh lifestyle
instructed by Sikh Gurus, one should
control and get rid of five vices. The Vices are Kaam (Lust), Krodth (Anger),
Lobh (Greed), Moh (Emotional Attachment), and Ahankaar (Ego).
Lobh
means Greed. Greed keeps one entangled in materialistic things, and as long as
one remains entangled in worldly possessions, he or she wanders away from God.
"The waves of greed rise within him and he does not remember God. He does
not join the company of the holy, and suffers in terrible pain through
countless incarnations" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 77).
"Filled with greed, one constantly wanders around; he does not do any good
deeds. O Nanak, the Lord abides within the heart of the one who follows
the Guru" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 321).
"I have seen the world being destroyed by greed and egotism. Only by
serving the Guru, God is realized
and the true gate of salvation is found" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 228).
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