When is enough enough?
Where do I start? My husband drinks too much, becomes angry, verbally abusive, sometimes slightly physically abusive. He has been this way for the last year. The occurrences have become more frequent (weekly) the last few months. I've tried talking to him and he keeps saying things will change and they don't. When is enough enough? I'm at the point...
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My husband orders me around
On my husband's day off - which may fall on the same day as mine - he will try to tell me what he wants done for the day, not giving any consideration to the fact that I have worked all week too. He is an excellent provider and a caring dad to our two children. When I try to tell him that I have plans, he gets disappointed that I won't stay home...
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My husband wants sex all the time
My husband is 23 and I am 20. Lately he has been wanting sex all the time. He and I both thought it was just a phase, but it has gone on for a while now. Is it just a phase or what?
Advice: Most couples find they are off schedule much of the time. The solution is to talk about how much sex you want in your marriage. Many women say they like sex...
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My husband says I'm too fat
My husband has been bothering me for the past year about my weight. I have gained thirty pounds since I met him. I have asked him to stop bothering me about it but two days ago he told me that I he was not sexually attractive to him because I was so fat. He said that because of my obesity he has not wanted to be with me. I still have a good shape...
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My husband thinks I'm going to leave him
My husband worries constantly that I'm going to leave him. We've only been married eleven months and although I tell him I won't leave him and I show him I that I love him, it's never enough. If we get into the tiniest disagreement the first thing he asks is "do you want a divorce?"
Advice: Read the book, Changes That Heal by Henry Cloud. There...
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My friend offended my husband
My husband and I were recently out to dinner with my best friend and her husband. My friend's husband made a joke that my husband took personally and my husband got angry at him. My friend's husband was embarrassed and cancelled our plans for the weekend. I told my husband that I thought he was wrong for treating a friend like that. Now he is not...
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My husband is an angry perfectionist
I have been married for thirteen years and we have a two-and-a-half year old daughter. My husband is a wonderful man, but he is a perfectionist to the extreme. He has a very difficult time coping with little interruptions and is very impatient. He gets extremely frustrated when things don't go exactly right. Then - you guessed it - he takes his frustration...
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