Dear Shaunti, My husband seems to miss the point of giving me “down time.” When I get out of the house for a few hours, and he is with our five-year-old twins, I always come home to a mess! It is not like the house is trashed, but he and the kids are having such…
What a SWEET older couple was boarding the plane in front of me today! Married 56 years, moving a bit carefully as they boarded, but the husband put his arm around his wife and held her as they walked all the way down the jetway. Private smiles and loving looks and whispers ‘are you doing…
Marriage Mondays: Men, Listen and Understand Your Wife’s Feelings First Every guy has been there. Your wife comes home from work or school or managing a playdate, very upset about something that happened. Let’s say that someone she thought was a close co-worker threw her under the bus and got her in trouble with her…
I love this article from my friend and senior exec Diane Paddison – “Ahhh, You’re Wearing That?”. All about how she handles it when male colleagues ask her (as one of few female execs in a male-dominated industry) to talk to a woman employee that they want to see advance, but whose business attire is…
Dear Shaunti, My husband and I have been married only three months – and I’ll be lucky to see four since apparently I hurt him really badly last weekend without meaning to. See, we were at a wedding and even though he’s not a dancer he knew I used to love to go dancing before…
Marriage Monday Tip 20: Women: In a conflict, give him time to process before talking It is one of the most frustrating and insecure things we women go through: when we are in an emotional conflict with our man and most want him to talk to us and give us some reassurance…. he most needs space!…
