December 5, 2011 – 3:01 pm
Confrontations don’t just magically stop happening! To handle conflict correctly and learn from past mistakes, partners need a protocol to manage life’s inevitable confrontations and they need to know how to do relationship repair. We don’t often think past getting into a relationship – but taking care of a relationship is just as important! Managing confrontations [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in assertiveness, Relationship Repair
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Also tagged appreciation, communication, control, emotional needs, loneliness, love, marriage, relationship repair, self-esteem, unhappiness
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October 21, 2011 – 11:34 am
photo credit: ValetheKid Some of the most damaging interactions between a PA husband and his wife go like this conflict escalation: She wants a moment of intimacy, so she shares all her feelings (no filter here); She expects husband to do the same; He doesn’t know how, he stays silent; The more she gets frustrated [...]
When disputes are frequent and people don’t bother even listening to the other side, the gap widens and relationships get sour. Hatred and contempt fill the gap with negative emotions difficult to dilute. You can be tempted to fight fire with fire and answer perceived aggressions with more aggression. We need to remember that each [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in impact of passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, passive aggressive definition, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive marriage, passive aggressive personality
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Also tagged appreciation, attacks, communication, disengaged feeling, emotional needs, passive aggression
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Passive aggressive behavior from a husband is not a reaction to the present wife or the present relationship; rather, it is a learned model of interpersonal attachment, wired in a person’s brain early in life. It is a pattern learned from the interaction with the mother or caretaker, who taught him in his first year [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in passive aggressive behavior, passive aggressive definition, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive marriage, passive aggressive personality
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Also tagged attachment patterns, attachment styles, communication, conflict, conflict coach, conflict resolution, emotional needs, healthy marriage, identity, isolation, passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive husbands, passive aggressive marriage, rejection, relationship conflict, respect, security, self-esteem, unhappiness
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February 9, 2011 – 3:39 pm
Everybody wants to have a happy Valentine’s Day with their loved one, and yet if you have marital problems, this seemingly simple aspiration seems to become a vast challenge, even a test. How could you have a good Valentine’s Day if your husband is often sulking and has a tendency to forget making plans or [...]
By Neil Warner
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Posted in assertiveness, impact of passive aggression, passive aggressive behavior, passive aggressive definition, Passive Aggressive Husband, passive aggressive marriage, passive aggressive personality
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Also tagged appreciation, communication, control, detachment, disengaged feeling, gift, love, passive resistance, silence
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