The One Thing That Could Be Hurting Your Marriage The Most (It’s Not What You Think)

 

Did you know that 80 percent of the time women bring up issues in heterosexual relationships? That’s according to Dr. John Gottman who studied hundreds of couples from the 1970s onward.

I’m not surprised. In our 12 years of marriage, I’ve been the one to dredge up most of our trouble spots.

It could be that he’s working too much. Or that I need more “me” time. Or that he needs to get that thing he promised to get done, done. Like yesterday. Or last year.

But it recently dawned on me that there was one thing that was unduly—and unfairly—putting pressure on our marriage. And that one thing was assumption

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