{"id":15149,"date":"2023-02-02T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/?p=15149"},"modified":"2023-02-02T05:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T13:00:54","slug":"how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Save a Marriage when Only One Is Trying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s frustrating when you know your marriage is broken and yet your husband won\u2019t do anything about it. He won\u2019t read a marriage book, won\u2019t go to counseling, won\u2019t even have a conversation about it!<\/p>\n<p>It can make you crazy.<\/p>\n<p>I mean why even try if he\u2019s not going to do anything?! Especially if the problems are mostly his fault. Then it really seems hopeless that things will ever improve.<\/p>\n<p>I remember feeling this way early in my marriage. I was dreadfully unhappy and felt neglected and overburdened with the finances and the household chores.<\/p>\n<p>I often fantasized about divorce, which seemed like it would solve all my problems. But I knew divorcing would have some drawbacks too, so I decided I would get my husband to shape up instead.<\/p>\n<p>As Catherine Aird said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t be a good example, you\u2019ll just have to be a horrible warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what I learned about what NOT to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying\/#1_Ask_your_husband_to_read_marriage_books_or_blogs_or_listen_to_podcasts\" title=\"Ask your husband to read marriage books or blogs or listen to podcasts\">Ask your husband to read marriage books or blogs or listen to podcasts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying\/#2_Have_a_State-of-the-Union_address_on_the_couch\" title=\"Have a State-of-the-Union address on the couch\">Have a State-of-the-Union address on the couch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying\/#3_Go_to_marriage_counseling\" title=\"Go to marriage counseling\">Go to marriage counseling<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying\/#1_Getting_back_on_my_paper\" title=\"Getting back on my paper.\">Getting back on my paper.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying\/#2_Honoring_my_desires_even_if_Im_uncomfortable_desiring_them\" title=\"Honoring my desires, even if I\u2019m uncomfortable desiring them\">Honoring my desires, even if I\u2019m uncomfortable desiring them<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/how-to-save-a-marriage-when-only-one-is-trying\/#3_Getting_happy\" title=\"Getting happy\">Getting happy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Ask_your_husband_to_read_marriage_books_or_blogs_or_listen_to_podcasts\"><\/span>1. Ask your husband to read marriage books or blogs or listen to podcasts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15159\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feeling-overburdened-in-marriage.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Overburdened in Marriage\" width=\"1080\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feeling-overburdened-in-marriage.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feeling-overburdened-in-marriage-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feeling-overburdened-in-marriage-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feeling-overburdened-in-marriage-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought John should read marriage books, especially the ones I was reading (being the very good wife that I was). That way he would understand what he should be doing better!<\/p>\n<p>But he wouldn\u2019t read them.<\/p>\n<p>That hurt because I believed it meant our marriage was not that important to him!<\/p>\n<p>So I read the books to him. But that didn\u2019t seem to help matters.\u00a0At all.<\/p>\n<p>I bet you can see why, huh?<\/p>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-2590355211\"><blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"display: inline; font-size: 23px;\">Related Article:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">The Number One Most Indispensable Skill for Fixing Your Marriage Fast.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Have_a_State-of-the-Union_address_on_the_couch\"><\/span>2. Have a State-of-the-Union address on the couch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15160\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hurt-feelings-in-marriage.jpg\" alt=\"Hurt Feelings in Marriage\" width=\"1080\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hurt-feelings-in-marriage.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hurt-feelings-in-marriage-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hurt-feelings-in-marriage-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hurt-feelings-in-marriage-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d also try to get John to talk, to have a State-of-the-Union address where we\u2019d sit on the couch and talk about what he was doing wrong. And I\u2019d say, \u201cIf there\u2019s anything you want me to do differently, I\u2019m totally open\u2014just say so.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-697115740\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17020\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal.png 1118w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-480x240.png 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But mostly I just wanted him to realize how awful he was being and make an effort, any kind of effort, to improve.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he refused.<\/p>\n<p>That hurt even more because even though now he knew what he should do differently, like the dishes, he wouldn\u2019t do those things.<\/p>\n<p>This proved he was an uncaring, inconsiderate slob!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Go_to_marriage_counseling\"><\/span>3. Go to marriage counseling<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15161\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-husband-never-changes.jpg\" alt=\"My Husband Never Changes\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-husband-never-changes.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-husband-never-changes-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-husband-never-changes-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-husband-never-changes-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-husband-never-changes-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When John was obviously avoiding such conversations (and most conversations) with me, I insisted we go to marriage counseling.<\/p>\n<p>My intention was to have someone else tell him how wrongheaded he was so that he would finally see the error of his ways and improve.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t so much agree to this as finally give in to my constant nagging about it, probably to shut me up. So we went.<\/p>\n<p>And wouldn\u2019t you know it, that didn\u2019t work either!<\/p>\n<p>Over $9,000 dollars and more than a year later, I was on the counselor\u2019s couch more convinced than ever that I should end my marriage.<\/p>\n<p>But I couldn\u2019t go through with it. Too embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>So I got some ideas from wives with happy marriages. Of course their ideas sounded pretty wacky to me. But I was desperate, and he was neeeever going to change any other way, so I was out of options.<\/p>\n<p>And a funny thing happened when I decided to experiment with those wacky ideas, which I had hoped would make my husband shape up!<\/p>\n<p>I started to notice that maybe I was part of the problem. At least, a small part.<\/p>\n<p>Then, after a while, I realized I was half of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>And then, a while later, after I apologized to my husband for the umpteenth time, it occurred to me that I might have been a lot of the problem!<\/p>\n<p>Sure I was the only one TRYING to save my marriage, but I had been doing all the wrong things.<\/p>\n<p>So that was informative and pretty painful too but enlightening. And that enlightenment began when I started doing these things to save my marriage when he wasn\u2019t trying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what worked to fix my marriage: <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Getting_back_on_my_paper\"><\/span>1. Getting back on my paper.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15162\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/control-husband.jpg\" alt=\"Control Husband\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/control-husband.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/control-husband-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/control-husband-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/control-husband-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/control-husband-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s number one.<\/p>\n<p>My paper is where all my decisions are, like what I do with my time, my attitude, my tone of voice, what time I go to bed, how I care for myself.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody else has their own papers too, including John.<\/p>\n<p>But for the most part what he\u2019s doing on his paper is his responsibility and not mine.<\/p>\n<p>Of course I have influence over his decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Tons of influence.<\/p>\n<p>But I was squandering it when I was constantly telling him he had to improve.<\/p>\n<p>He spent most of his energy defending himself against me. Poor guy!<\/p>\n<p>I was also avoiding my own paper because I\u2019d been trained not to think about myself. I didn\u2019t want anyone to think I was selfish and demanding.<\/p>\n<p>So I became controlling and overbearing instead, focusing on what I thought my husband wanted or should want or should do, which I can\u2019t control.<\/p>\n<p>Just because I can\u2019t control his paper doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m never going to get what I want. Just the opposite, in my experience.<\/p>\n<p>And this is the second way to save a marriage when only one is trying\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Honoring_my_desires_even_if_Im_uncomfortable_desiring_them\"><\/span>2. Honoring my desires, even if I\u2019m uncomfortable desiring them<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15163\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/express-desires-in-marriage.jpg\" alt=\"Express Desires in Marriage\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/express-desires-in-marriage.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/express-desires-in-marriage-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/express-desires-in-marriage-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/express-desires-in-marriage-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/express-desires-in-marriage-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once I knew what I wanted, other people, like John, didn\u2019t have to guess. I could just tell him what I desired.<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise, that was very motivating to him.<\/p>\n<p>So when I reflected on my true desires instead of my complaints and expressed those in a way that inspired my husband, he started racing to give me what I wanted.<\/p>\n<p>And all those things I complained about wanting him to change back in the bad old days?<\/p>\n<p>They were unexpressed desires that are now fulfilled (including him doing the dishes).<\/p>\n<p>Then I felt so much less hurt and upset because it was clear my husband did care about me.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings me to the third thing for saving a marriage when only one is trying\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Getting_happy\"><\/span>3. Getting happy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15164\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/change-the-course-of-your-marriage.jpg\" alt=\"Change the course of your marriage\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/change-the-course-of-your-marriage.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/change-the-course-of-your-marriage-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/change-the-course-of-your-marriage-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/change-the-course-of-your-marriage-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/change-the-course-of-your-marriage-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was waiting for John to make me happy, but he couldn\u2019t because I didn\u2019t know how to get happy.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, only happy people have happy marriages.<\/p>\n<p>When I got happy and pleasable, that gave him a glimpse of hope he hadn\u2019t seen in a long time that he could be successful at making his wife happy, something that my research shows all husbands care deeply about.<\/p>\n<p>But Laura, you might argue, your husband didn\u2019t say he was leaving or threaten divorce.<\/p>\n<p>You might argue that it\u2019s much harder to save a marriage when you\u2019re the only one trying if he\u2019s halfway out the door already.<\/p>\n<p>And I get it. It\u2019s terrifying to feel like saving your marriage isn\u2019t up to you.<\/p>\n<p>I remember feeling the same way.<\/p>\n<p>The illusion that I couldn\u2019t improve my relationship was so big that I was stuck permanently.<\/p>\n<p>I still remember being astonished that it was absolutely in my power to change the course of my marriage and my life by starting with my own paper.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m always hopeful and curious to know what might happen for you if you start focusing on your own paper too, even if you\u2019re the only one trying to save your marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s frustrating when you know your marriage is broken and yet your husband won\u2019t do anything about it. He won\u2019t read a marriage book, won\u2019t go to counseling, won\u2019t even have a conversation about it! It can make you crazy. I mean why even try if he\u2019s not going to do anything?! 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