Marriage Multiplier: On intimacy, attraction, and reoccurring marriage stress
1 Idea From Me
“A wife needs her husband to talk with her and to listen to her in order to feel intimate with him.”
Husbands, if you want to improve your intimacy start with communication.
Wives, let your husband know you need his attention and affection in order to have great sex and intimacy in marriage.
1 Marriage Challenge To Accomplish This Week
Tell your spouse how attractive they are. They need to know it and hear you say it. Say it to them face to face, text them or write them a sweet note. Be specific in your compliment to them. Let them know you are attracted to them.
Ladies, make sure you do this one! Oftentimes, women forget that men need to hear this too. Your husband might not tell you he needs your compliments but he does.
1 Resource I Want To Highlight
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1 Marriage Question
Is your reoccurring marriage stress because you aren’t actually solving any problems?
Couples don’t often solve their marriage problems. They fight about them, talk about them, get passive aggressive with them, ignore them, and often time passes and they forget about them. Until the next time the same thing pops up to nag them.
Very few couples know how to develop real solutions to their problems and execute them.
So what does it look like to truly solve a marriage problem or conflict? There should be a real solution in place. A game plan that you can execute together.
Here are some questions you can ask after a fight or problem to make sure you have a real plan for a real solution:
What is our game plan for solving this?
How can we work together as a team as we execute this game plan?
What do I need to do next time so that this isn’t a problem?
Have we apologized?
What can I do to make it right?
Is there anything else you want to say about what happened?