{"id":6959,"date":"2015-07-23T11:45:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauradoyle1.wpengine.com\/?p=6959"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:35:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:35:25","slug":"relationship-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/relationship-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Dial Back the Relationship Drama by Doing This"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the bad old days, when my husband John and I used to fight all the time or have cold wars, there was plenty of relationship drama. It wasn\u2019t much fun, but over time, I got used to it.<\/p>\n

Drama on the home front was my habit.<\/p>\n

When I finally discovered and started practicing The Six Intimacy Skills<\/a> and my relationship got more playful and passionate, things were also a lot calmer at our house.<\/p>\n

When I wasn\u2019t saying critical, disrespectful, and controlling things to my husband, at first I felt like I had nothing to say to him (which says a lot about how critical, disrespectful, and controlling I had been before).<\/p>\n

It felt really odd. It was like we had little to talk about compared to before. It was peaceful, but it was also strangely quiet.<\/p>\n

I was uncomfortable. I felt like something was missing.<\/p>\n

Sure, I was getting a lot more compliments, tenderness, and bedroom eyes from him, which I loved.<\/p>\n

And I was excited to have him take me out on dates without me prompting him, or asking me to dance to the song that just came on in our living room. I liked when he would seek me out and sit by me even when I was preoccupied, just because he wanted to be near me.<\/p>\n

Those were the things I had craved from him for so long. It was gratifying and miraculous to finally get them again.<\/p>\n

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