Eight Lessons for a Happier Marriage
Chapter One
Lesson One
External Control Can Kill a Marriage
Now that you have read John and Meredith's stories we would like to teach you the first lesson of this book. While we can't guarantee success, if you both believe—despite a great many marital problems including infidelity or even an incident or two of abusive behavior—there is still some love left in your marriage, what we will teach you will help. But what we teach will take some effort on both your parts. Depending on the life you have been choosing to live, some partners will have a harder time with this material than others. Certainly, Meredith might have trouble with this information. Our advice is to be patient with yourself and with each other.
What you will actually learn is how to treat, not only each other, but all the important people in your life differently from the way almost all of you were treated as children. What will be difficult for many of you to learn is that, no matter how others treat you, we will teach both of you not to return their treatment in kind.
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