8 Marriage-Busters to Give Up Today

By Sarì Harrar and Rita DeMaria, Ph.D.
We'll say it straight up: There's no good reason in the world to hang onto these habits. They aren't helping.
From The 7 Stages of Marriage
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8. Making unilateral decisions about the big things. Sometimes you have to pick the bathroom paint color on your own. But if you're making major decisions about your money, your time, your kids, and your family life, you're acting without accountability and cutting off the possibility of joint decision-making and deeper intimacy.
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By kaly, on 09/07/2009
I'm sorry, but I can't believe they didn't include the most important rule: Don't use sex as a weapon!!!! Withholding sex, or trying to tie sex to behaviour modification, will ruin what should be the way a couple shares intimacy in their relationship.

By Dirk the Supreme, on 08/13/2009
Yeah, I am an a-hole sometimes. When my husband is not around, that's when I realize how much I appreciate him. It makes me more aware of the things I can't take back.

By MelodyP., on 07/28/2009
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