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What You Say and How You Say It.

If you’re anything like me, sometimes you don’t say what you mean, or the words tangle and don’t come out the way they should. It’s good when there’s someone who knows what you mean anyway. It’s like the quote by Ann D Parrish on my calendar that says ‘A friend understands what you are trying to say… even when your thoughts aren’t fitting into words. ‘ It’s even better when that person who understands like this is your marriage partner. The other night Mick and I were sitting each doing crosswords and he came across a clue and filled in … Continue reading →

Ask the Right Questions In Marriage

Recently some married men and women were talking about their respective wives and husbands and a recurring problem. The problem is asking the wrong question. For example the wife might say, ‘Are you going to leave the light on all night?’ Now I don’t know about you but if someone said that to me I’d be tempted to cheekily say, ‘Yes,’ just to see the reaction. What the question should have been was, ‘I want to go to sleep. Would you turn the light off please?’ Another that one of the men raised was, ‘Who put that there?’ He went … Continue reading →