Know That Giving Him Transition Time Will Give You Both Sweeter Time Together
All of this doesn’t mean that it’s okay for him to lock himself in his man cave until midnight. But let the poor man check his scores before you hand him his wrench and tell him to go fix the leaky faucet. Better yet, at a neutral time, discuss some sort of a process that you can both live with: for example, you’ll cheerfully give him 30 minutes of space as long as he can cheerfully engage with the family after that. Give it a try! If you do, I’m guessing you’ll see Grumpy walk through the door a lot less often. And at the end of the day, who wouldn’t want to spend more time with Prince Charming?
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Shaunti Feldhahn loves sharing eye-opening information that helps people thrive in life and relationships. She herself started out with a Harvard graduate degree and Wall Street credentials but no clue about life. After an unexpected shift into relationship research for average people like her, she now is a popular speaker and author of best-selling books about men, women and relationships. (Including For Women Only, For Men Only, and the groundbreaking The Good News About Marriage).
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