Welcome to the
Marriage Builders® Discussion Forum

This is a community where people come in search of marriage related support, answers, or encouragement. Also, information about the Marriage Builders principles can be found in the books available for sale in the Marriage Builders® Bookstore.
If you would like to join our guidance forum, please read the Announcement Forum for instructions, rules, & guidelines.
The members of this community are peers and not professionals. Professional coaching is available by clicking on the link titled Coaching Center at the top of this page.
We trust that you will find the Marriage Builders® Discussion Forum to be a helpful resource for you. We look forward to your participation.
Once you have reviewed all the FAQ, tech support and announcement information, if you still have problems that are not addressed, please e-mail the administrators at mbrestored@gmail.com
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 3 of 3 1 2 3
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 9,544
Likes: 9
S
Member
Offline
Member
S
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 9,544
Likes: 9
Originally Posted by Erastis
What makes you think I didn't do that? SUPPOSITION.
Please stop being so unpleasant. Do you want help with your marriage, or are you only here to argue with people?

What we are saying is not based on "supposition". It is based on the account that your wife gave of what happened on the walk. If you feel that she hasn't given a full account, then please grow up and tell us what you experienced. Your smart put-downs are not accomplishing anything.

Your wife said that, on the first walk, you got quite a bit ahead of her and your daughter, and she asked you to wait, which you did. Is that true?

Did you get annoyed with her for not walking with you? Why, if so?

Did you tell your wife that it would make you happy if she would walk with you?

Did you say, at bedtime, that the whole day had been one of rejection from her? What are you describing as rejection here?

Did you snap at her for walking behind you in the supermarket? Why, if so?

Did you go to bed without her? Why, if so?

Did you know that you would upset her by going to bed without her? If so, why did you do it?

When your wife walked beside you the next day on the hike, did you tell her that you felt she was doing it because she was supposed to and not because she wanted to?

If you did say that, can you explain why you complained about your wife trying to do what she thought you wanted her to do? Wasn't getting her to walk with you the point of your complaints the day before?

Do you see that your behaviour towards your wife (going to bed alone) and the nature and the way that you complained (the whole day was ruined, she was only walking with you because she had to) was unpleasant?


BW
Married 1989
His PA 2003-2006
2 kids.
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,842
A
Member
Offline
Member
A
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,842
Originally Posted by Erastis
Originally Posted by apples123
Why couldn't you walk with her? Why did she have to speed up rather than you slow down? You could have had exactly what you wanted but you wouldn't give it to yourself. You hurt youself in that walk.

What makes you think I didn't do that? SUPPOSITION.

Are we in a court room?

Can you see the point I'm making? You do have the ability to change some of these situations.

Last edited by apples123; 10/24/16 05:18 PM.
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 92,985
Likes: 1
M
Member
Offline
Member
M
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 92,985
Likes: 1
Originally Posted by Erastis
Originally Posted by apples123
Why couldn't you walk with her? Why did she have to speed up rather than you slow down? You could have had exactly what you wanted but you wouldn't give it to yourself. You hurt youself in that walk.

What makes you think I didn't do that? SUPPOSITION.

That was really nice of you. And then you wonder why people don't want to be around you.


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

Exposure 101


Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,362
Likes: 3
P
Member
Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,362
Likes: 3
Originally Posted by Erastis
I committed two love busters: reacting to being schooled by Azurite on how integration is irrelevant during family time, in response to my comment that things didn't go so well with us today (she and I).

The second love buster: I said, "it bothers me when you walk behind me", to which she schooled me on how impractical it is. I then responded (wrongly) what I was looking around observing - a half dozen other couples within sight who were walking together and managing it.

Neither of her educational comments justify a LB on my part. She should be able to spit in my face, to use Harley's example, and I should still not LB in response.

You did more than this.
You will not make it if you refuse to acknowledge what you did, and learn from it.


Markos' Wife
FWW - EA
8 kids ...
What to do with an Angry Husband

Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,362
Likes: 3
P
Member
Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,362
Likes: 3
I ask again: Do you love your wife? Do you want her to be in love with you? Do you want to spend the rest of your life with her?


Markos' Wife
FWW - EA
8 kids ...
What to do with an Angry Husband

Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,362
Likes: 3
P
Member
Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,362
Likes: 3
Originally Posted by Erastis
Originally Posted by apples123
Why couldn't you walk with her? Why did she have to speed up rather than you slow down? You could have had exactly what you wanted but you wouldn't give it to yourself. You hurt youself in that walk.

What makes you think I didn't do that? SUPPOSITION.

So, if you did slow down to walk with her ... problem solved! Why, then, did you punish her for not walking with you?


Markos' Wife
FWW - EA
8 kids ...
What to do with an Angry Husband

Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,818
Likes: 7
M
Member
Offline
Member
M
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,818
Likes: 7
Originally Posted by Erastis
Originally Posted by apples123
Why couldn't you walk with her? Why did she have to speed up rather than you slow down? You could have had exactly what you wanted but you wouldn't give it to yourself. You hurt youself in that walk.

What makes you think I didn't do that? SUPPOSITION.

The fact that nobody was happy afterward!


If you are serious about saving your marriage, you can't get it all on this forum. You've got to listen to the Marriage Builders Radio show, every day. Install the app!

Married to my radiant trophy wife, Prisca, 19 years. Father of 8.
Attended Marriage Builders weekend in May 2010

If your wife is not on board with MB, some of my posts to other men might help you.
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,818
Likes: 7
M
Member
Offline
Member
M
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,818
Likes: 7
Originally Posted by markos
Originally Posted by Erastis
Originally Posted by apples123
Why couldn't you walk with her? Why did she have to speed up rather than you slow down? You could have had exactly what you wanted but you wouldn't give it to yourself. You hurt youself in that walk.

What makes you think I didn't do that? SUPPOSITION.

The fact that nobody was happy afterward!

Marriage Builders is a program that teaches husbands how to make their wives happy, in a way that makes the husbands happy as well.

If your wife is unhappy afterward, it means you didn't get it quite right.


If you are serious about saving your marriage, you can't get it all on this forum. You've got to listen to the Marriage Builders Radio show, every day. Install the app!

Married to my radiant trophy wife, Prisca, 19 years. Father of 8.
Attended Marriage Builders weekend in May 2010

If your wife is not on board with MB, some of my posts to other men might help you.
Page 3 of 3 1 2 3

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Search
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 258 guests, and 60 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
Jmoor9090, Confused1980, Bibbyryan860, Ian T, SadNewYorker
71,841 Registered Users
Building Marriages That Last A Lifetime
Copyright © 1995-2019, Marriage Builders®. All Rights Reserved.
Site Navigation
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5