What To Do When You Think “What I Need is Obvious—Why Aren’t You Doing It?”

Step #2: Tell your spouse what you need

To continue today’s football theme, sometimes we simply have to call the play. We have to lower our pride, be brave, set aside those inaccurate expectations, and tell our spouse what we need. We also have to tell ourselves something: “Just because my spouse didn’t ‘just know,’ or didn’t naturally do XYZ, doesn’t mean they don’t care about me.”

Yes, we should be learning each other over time. But even after many years of marriage, we will always need to help each other run the right plays.