07-07-2007, 10:45 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Northwest
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Originally Posted by YelowJacket
We have been to many marriage seminars and I continually get the old elbow in the side treatment when they are suggesting proper marital behavior. Yet if they say something where my wife is at fault it breezes over her head. If I bring it up she gets angry.
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Hi YelowJacket,
I do believe your situation is more manageable than you think. You have a wife with incredible strength. She is just using it in a way that is controlling and demeaning rather than building you up.
These ideas may seem small, but, it could help. The elbow in the side treatment, "Thank you. I was just thinking of that myself. We both have much to work on and I'm glad you agree." Build her up whenever you can, tell her how much you appreciate the things you truly appreciate. Leave scriptures out for edification to enlighten and strengthen her role as your wife.
I don't think you are the only man who's had this problem. I've heard many of preachers tell the old joke, "I'm the head of the household, but, my wife is the neck". So, it could be a problem, it's just a matter of getting it under control and that takes patience.
God Bless
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