Hey everyone,<BR>I received so many replies to my last thread that I thought that I should let you guys know what is going on here on the homefront.<P>So...<P>My H said that he would watch the marriage seminar tapes that I have. I thought that it would just be one of those things like it always has been, say you will but never do. I guess I was wrong, at least so far.<P>We watched the first one in a series of 12 day before yesterday and he actually seemed to enjoy it for the most part. I thought that I should wait just a few days before I brought up watching tape #2, but to my surprise he came in from work today and asked if we could watch the next one? I was shocked!! We started it but the children were kinda demanding our attention so we didn't get through it.<P>He tried to get the kids interested in something else and told them that we were watching this tape so that "WE" could learn how to get along better as a couple and as parents too. I was totally impressed!<P>Anyway, we didn't get to watch the rest of it but he said that we were going to watch them! He had to get to bed early as he has to leave at 3am to go to work. That is understandable. <P>There were quite a few things that the man on the tapes said that we could relate to and we even found quite a bit of humor in watching the tape and ourselves too. <P>Since the episode last week, and my putting my foot down... he has really been trying to be more patient, more attentive, more appreciative, more affectionate and an all around nice guy.<P>I know that I painted a really bad picture of him last week but I assure you he really isn't all that bad. Actually he is a really nice guy. I was just really really ****** and perhaps I took alot of my anger and frustration out on the forum. For that I apologize.<P>Anyway... so far... so good! <P>I am almost afraid to post this as I am afraid that posting, saying or even whispering will ruin the good thing that we seem to have going here. So do me a favor would you please... keep this under your hat and don't tell anybody. You wouldn't want to ruin my luck now would you? <P><B>SSShhhhhh</B><P>Genie

Genie,

Genie,<BR> I can vouch for the fact that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!It's nice to hear good news and your secret is safe with us! By the way.....what tape series are you two watching?

Sorry I haven't gotten back to everyone before now... it has been a busy couple of days. We went to Emerald Point Water Park in NC the other day with our D's church club. We had a great time as none of us had ever been there before.<P>I also have another little bit of good news.... I applied for a job about 2 weeks ago and I received a call yesterday afternoon that.... <B>I GOT THE JOB!!!</B> [img]http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]<P>Other than having a cold right now, I am feeling pretty good!!!<P>As far as the tapes we are watching, we haven't gotten back there yet but I am trying to have faith that we will. They are really good tapes. It is almost like comedy hour. We have found that it is going to be a good tool for us to laugh at ourselves, each other and help discover things about each other that we never realized before.<BR>They are fairly expensive but I do highly recommend them to anyone. Here is the info if anyone is interested in trying to locate them somewhere.<P>They are called...<P>"Hidden Keys to Loving Relationships"<BR>By: Gary Smalley<P>Genie29

They are excellent an excellent series, biblically based insights that shed light on our humanness. What was funny to us was our role reversal in that Smalley described the man as the conqueror on a mission when it came time to go shopping, etc. search and seizure, then get out type, and the onto the next mission, while the wife just likes to "look" before she buys anything. In our relationship, I am the conqueror and I hate shopping! Drives me crazy. <P>We hit a snag in our relationship so that we had some things to overcome first, but I do believe that we will get back to finishing the whole series...in fact hubby said he wanted to buy the series!

Yes... the series is full of humor and I think that is the key to enjoying the series. Especially if one is not particarily crazy about watching them to begin with. The 1st seems to have gotten my H's attention as he was skeptical.<P>We have been having a good time distinguishing between what is an example of left and right brained. <P>Mr. Smalley has a way of putting things which bring clarity with a sense of humor. <BR>