Put Yourself In Your Husband’s Shoes To Understand His Feelings
Marnie needed to put herself in her husband’s ski boots and appreciate how hard he tried, and how much he risked, to be part of her family’s skiing world. She needed to tell him how sorry she was for being so hurtful and ask his forgiveness. Maybe that’s what you need to do, too!
How would you (or Marnie) feel if you worked really hard on something emotionally difficult for you—like losing ten pounds to fit into a special dress—and when your husband saw you in the dress, he took one look, laughed uproariously, and said you really weren’t built for that style? And he did this in front of your friends at a dinner party.
It is so easy in marriage to take our spouse and intimacy for granted. We subconsciously think since we’re married we don’t have to be polite to each other. It is easy to assume that—but it’s poisonous to the relationship. In research I have done with really happy couples, I have noticed something quite different: a high degree of kindness.
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