Review: We Were About To Divorce
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
Our marriage was on the rocks when I found this book. I felt like one more straw would break the camel’s back. I had high blood pressure due to my constant fighting with my wife. I also wasn’t feeling good because I had some heath issues and I was stressed out because of pressures at work.When I read Keep Your Marriage, it was a relief like a breath of fresh air that I’d finally found some answers to my marriage problems. But it was also a shock to realize how many things I’d been doing wrong. And how much I’d hurt my wife.Now I’m learning to refocus on what’s really important. The chapter about 16 Ways to Take Care of Yourself got my attention. I started exercise and am changing the way I was eating. Of course, sometimes I relapse into my old eating habits, but overall I’m doing better. This already has made me feel better most of the time and I’m losing weight. And I feel more attractive to my wife, like I was when we dated.The advice about fair fighting rules helped me a lot. I realized that the way we used to have arguments was we made personal attacks on each other. That only made it more difficult to enjoy each other’s company. Chap 7: Twenty-five Ways to Go Deeper in Your Relationship also hit home. Humility has never been my forte but I’m learning to admit mistakes. And I can see that my wife has softened because of it.Now she and I are doing well and have rekindled our relationship! Once we both admitted our differences and issues on both sides we found each other again! I love her and she is still the best thing that has ever happened to me!Our relationship is stronger now but we both now know that we have to understand each other’s needs and feelings as they develop! The key secret is listening and understanding each other. I have this book to be grateful for helping me see that. THANK GOD I FOUND IT!!!