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Opposites attract (and react): Navigating personality differences within your marriage
Written by Todd Foley
You want to go out with a group of friends; she wants to stay home and read.You want to talk about the issue now; he wants to take a walk by himself to think it over.
Have you experienced similar scenarios? If so, you’re familiar with the challenges of communicating when your spouse’s personality is different from your own. This is especially true for relationships between introverts and extroverts.
Read more: Opposites attract (and react): Navigating personality differences within your marriage
Q&A: Boundaries in marriage: Helping others with problems
Question: My brother and his wife are in the process of divorcing. My sister-in-law called my husband the other night to see if he would meet with her to provide counselling and advice. This bothers me. To my way of thinking, her request crosses the line of propriety – she should be discussing her problems with another woman, not my husband! He, on the other hand, feels that he might be able to help in some way. What do you think?Read more: Q&A: Boundaries in marriage: Helping others with problems
Q&A: My spouse is hypersensitive
Question: On the whole, my spouse and I are highly compatible and have an excellent marriage. But whenever we experience even the slightest disagreement, she feels threatened and becomes emotionally agitated to the point where a reasonable discussion is impossible. I’ve always been a pretty passionate person, but this has put a real damper on my freedom of self-expression. It’s also created a situation in which differences are simply dropped and never really dealt with. How can we develop a healthier approach to conflict resolution?Q&A: Unresolved conflicts in marriage
Question: My spouse and I have a lot of unresolved conflicts. At this point we’re practically living separate lives, and the problem is only getting worse. What can we do to reverse this trend? At what point should we simply agree to disagree about our differences?Q&A: Parenting conflicts and your marriage
Question: We’re about to become parents for the first time, and we’re doing everything we can to prepare ourselves before the fact. What are some of the most common disagreements we’re likely to encounter as we get into the specifics of raising a child? How do you think these conflicts will affect our marital relationship?More Articles...
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