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Episode 3127:
Mary Carver shares what she learned after nearly thirteen years of the same fights brought her marriage to a breaking point. She describes carrying a long checklist of what a good husband should do while never once asking what kind of wife she was being, and how quietly that scorekeeping turned into contention. It is a candid look at how examining your own expectations can reopen a marriage that felt finished.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://declutteryourlife.co/the-marriage-diaries-surprise-i-was-a-lousy-wife/
Quotes to ponder:
"With so much energy poured into my good husband checklist, of course I didn't waste time thinking about what kind of wife I was."
"Everything was about what I wanted, how it made me feel and what I thought I deserved."
"It was only after counseling and a lot of soul-searching that I realized my expectations, combined with my insistence on being right and having rights, were ruining my chance at a happy marriage."
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