Comments on: Are You Too Dependent on Your Spouse? http://stayhappilymarried.com/2009/05/18/are-you-too-dependent-on-your-spouse/ A marriage and relationship resource for couples seeking marriage counseling and growth. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lee http://stayhappilymarried.com/2009/05/18/are-you-too-dependent-on-your-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 Lee Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:46:16 +0000 http://stayhappilymarried.com/?p=358#comment-3464 Thanks for your feedback. You've given me some good ideas for a followup show. You're very insightful. Good luck. Lee Thanks for your feedback. You’ve given me some good ideas for a followup show. You’re very insightful.

Good luck.

Lee

]]> By: OverRomantic Husband http://stayhappilymarried.com/2009/05/18/are-you-too-dependent-on-your-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-3463 OverRomantic Husband Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:41:27 +0000 http://stayhappilymarried.com/?p=358#comment-3463 Thanks for this! I am that overly perfect husband who has been getting all my emotional needs met by my wife for fifteen plus years. Sadly, we had such a hard time coming to understand and identify the problem that it has already done a lot of damage in our relationship. You didn't talk about how sex and intimacy play into this but they can really put the downward spiral into overdrive. For men, particularly romantically senstive men, sex is a balm that can heal all wounds and ultimately desensitize us to how our own individual lives are slipping away from us. The wife, as both the giver of sex and validator of our selfhood, becomes the whole of our existence and the burden becomes overwhelming. Thanks for this! I am that overly perfect husband who has been getting all my emotional needs met by my wife for fifteen plus years. Sadly, we had such a hard time coming to understand and identify the problem that it has already done a lot of damage in our relationship. You didn’t talk about how sex and intimacy play into this but they can really put the downward spiral into overdrive. For men, particularly romantically senstive men, sex is a balm that can heal all wounds and ultimately desensitize us to how our own individual lives are slipping away from us. The wife, as both the giver of sex and validator of our selfhood, becomes the whole of our existence and the burden becomes overwhelming.

]]> By: Liara Covert http://stayhappilymarried.com/2009/05/18/are-you-too-dependent-on-your-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Liara Covert Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:51:58 +0000 http://stayhappilymarried.com/?p=358#comment-1099 Getting to know your significant other is a process that does not end. Just when you think you know someone, you realize there is much more to them than you assume. Parallel evolution strengthens couples. Sometimes people evolve differently. As long as you love and support each other through changes, then a relationship works. When couples are not willing to grow together, they encounter difficulties. Getting to know your significant other is a process that does not end. Just when you think you know someone, you realize there is much more to them than you assume. Parallel evolution strengthens couples. Sometimes people evolve differently. As long as you love and support each other through changes, then a relationship works. When couples are not willing to grow together, they encounter difficulties.

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