5 Ways to HELP Your Spouse Snap Out of His/Her Funk

4.  Be patient with your spouse’s process to shake his/her funkiness.

You might be thinking that your are totally fine with numbers 1 through 3, but this one is probably the hardest.  I don’t know about you, but I tend to want to rush my husband in shaking off his bad mood.  Sure, I’ll give him some quiet time to process, personal space, and resist making him feel bad for it, but after awhile, I’m ready for him to snap out of it.  I might go to him and say something like, “Sweetie, are you feeling better yet?” or “So, are you ready to talk?”.  And, he may jump up, give me a half-hearted smile, and act like he’s ready to go.  But, I will see traces of funkiness all over him.  And, he won’t be back to his happy-go-lucky self quite yet.

Friends, we must resist the urge to rush our spouse’s process of finding peace and snapping out of a bad mood.  Instead, we should wait for our spouse to come to us when he/she is ready.  And, he/she will.  I love it when Dave has had some time on the back porch after having a rough day and coming home scratchy.  Whether it takes him thirty minutes or an hour and a half, he always comes back to me with a funky-free heart and a fresh perspective.

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