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Don&#8217;t Tell My Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should you ever come clean about what you\u2019re doing behind his back?<\/p>\n<p>I got a great note from Theresa, who just read <em>The Empowered Wife<\/em> and got\u2014really <em>got<\/em>\u2014that the marriage problems she has been griping about and wanting her husband to change for years are mostly things she has been mucking up herself.<\/p>\n<p>She wanted to do the experiments in the book without having her husband see it and ask her about it, so she quickly made a book cover to hide the title.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, she was afraid he\u2019d read it and see where she was going wrong, and say, \u201cI told you so!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s pretty unlikely, in my experience. As you begin to implement The Intimacy Skills, husbands get happy and chivalrous\u2013\u2013not vindictive and obnoxious.<\/p>\n<p>But there was a problem.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Theresa wanted to make a trek to California to spend three glorious days at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cherishedforlife.com\">Cherished for Life Weekend<\/a> getting immersed in The Six Intimacy Skills and being The Girl of Fun and Light.<\/p>\n<p>How, she wondered, could she do that without letting the cat out of the bag about what she was doing?<\/p>\n<p>How does anybody get a coach, pay for training or come to the retreat without having her husband find out way too much?<\/p>\n<p>Of course it involves using one of the Intimacy Skills, which I\u2019ll show you.<\/p>\n<p>But why is all of this so hush-hush to begin with?<\/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\/fixing-my-marriage\/#1_Why_We_Do_This_on_the_Down_Low\" title=\"Why We Do This on the Down Low\">Why We Do This on the Down Low<\/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\/fixing-my-marriage\/#2_What_He_Knows_Wont_Hurt_You\" title=\"What He Knows Won\u2019t Hurt You\">What He Knows Won\u2019t Hurt You<\/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\/fixing-my-marriage\/#3_Hes_Going_to_Know_What_Youre_Doing-Kinda\" title=\"He\u2019s Going to Know What You\u2019re Doing\u2013\u2013Kinda\">He\u2019s Going to Know What You\u2019re Doing\u2013\u2013Kinda<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Why_We_Do_This_on_the_Down_Low\"><\/span>1. Why We Do This on the Down Low<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I do recommend keeping mum when you first start practicing The Six Intimacy Skills, as Theresa was doing, for two reasons:<\/p>\n<h3>a. Talking about practicing The Six Intimacy Skills is not as powerful as actually using them.<\/h3>\n<p>To paraphrase Catherine Aird, since I can\u2019t be a good example, I\u2019ll just have to be a horrible warning.<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-873353105\"><p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-72e5b617-d76c-41d0-9b4d-efd92801e969\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-72e5b617-d76c-41d0-9b4d-efd92801e969\" id=\"hs-cta-72e5b617-d76c-41d0-9b4d-efd92801e969\"><!--[if lte IE 8]>\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/21708589\/72e5b617-d76c-41d0-9b4d-efd92801e969\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-72e5b617-d76c-41d0-9b4d-efd92801e969\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/21708589\/72e5b617-d76c-41d0-9b4d-efd92801e969.png\"  alt=\"Free Webinar\"\/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(21708589, '72e5b617-d76c-41d0-9b4d-efd92801e969', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When I was first discovering the Intimacy Skills, I decided to talk to my husband about the changes I was thinking of maybe making around the way I interact with him\u2026instead of, you know, <em>actually<\/em> making them.<br \/>\nI would say things like, \u201cCasey says she tries never to criticize her husband no matter how much he seems to deserve it. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s right, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My peace-loving husband would stand at attention and shout, \u201cMa\u2019am! Yes, Ma\u2019am!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had him well-trained.<\/p>\n<p>As you already know, this was not progress towards intimacy, passion and peace in my marriage. All I did was steamroll him into agreeing that I should continue to steamroll him. Which, embarrassingly, I did for a while longer.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until I stopped talking <em>to<\/em> him about how I was interacting <em>with<\/em> him that I started to see some real improvement in myself and therefore us. (I relied heavily on conversations with other supportive wives, which was critical to my success.)<\/p>\n<h3>b. The more privacy you have, the more safety you\u2019ll have to experiment\u2026even if you flop.<\/h3>\n<p>Even though Theresa\u2019s husband would probably not say, \u201cI told you so,\u201d as she started to clean up her side of the street in their relationship, she noticed that there is a nice safety that comes with embarking on these experiments without your man having any expectations.<\/p>\n<p>After all, you\u2019re just learning, and it\u2019s nice not to have too much pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Although my husband didn\u2019t know much about what I was doing when I first started practicing The Six Intimacy Skills, he knows just about everything now that I talk about it on TV regularly.<\/p>\n<p>And because I\u2019m not perfect, there are times when my husband will suggest that there\u2019s a book I should read. Ba-dum-bump!<\/p>\n<p>He means the book I wrote about how to be respectful in marriages.<\/p>\n<p>You might think that\u2019s pretty funny, but I usually don\u2019t find it that amusing.<\/p>\n<p>At all.<\/p>\n<p>If your husband never knows you\u2019re doing anything different, then he can\u2019t complain that you\u2019re not doing the things in the book right when you go flying off the wagon and berate him for turning your white panties blue because he washed them with your jeans.<\/p>\n<p>That happens to the best of us, especially early on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-1489278586\"><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_What_He_Knows_Wont_Hurt_You\"><\/span>2. What He Knows Won\u2019t Hurt You<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Is it absolutely vital that your husband never ever find out about what you\u2019re doing when you start practicing The Six Intimacy Skills? Will it ruin your chances of becoming desired, cherished and adored if he finds out the details?<\/p>\n<p>Definitely not. I even know of husbands who bought and read one of my books before giving it to their wives.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t stand between them and getting to the part where they\u2019re grossing out their kids because they\u2019ve become so physically affectionate.<\/p>\n<p>But unless there\u2019s a pressing reason to bring it up, you might as well enjoy the two advantages of keeping it secret\u2013\u2013especially at first.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, most of our husbands find out. Typically, they smile. Or like this awesome husband, who was on the Man Panel at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cherishedforlife.com\">Cherished for Life Weekend<\/a>, they get choked up: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/external\/125223306.sd.mp4?s=2b80d98b7d7e30b790052a37e8bfa04c&amp;profile_id=112\">Watch Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what should you do if you want the privacy but you also want to go further than just reading a book, like Theresa?<\/p>\n<p>Other women have the same problem when they want to enroll in one of my training programs or get a private coach. They have to run the expense past their husband, or ask for his help with the kids at certain times.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Hes_Going_to_Know_What_Youre_Doing-Kinda\"><\/span>3. He\u2019s Going to Know What You\u2019re Doing\u2013\u2013Kinda<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re from a long line of oversharers like me, then he\u2019s going to find out everything when you volunteer it.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s another approach: You could also express a desire in a way that inspires him and let him ask questions from there.<\/p>\n<p>It would look like this: \u201cThere\u2019s a women\u2019s retreat in California I would love to go to. What do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it. Nothing else is needed.<\/p>\n<p>He might ask a question about it, but get this: <em>Most husbands don\u2019t<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The headline for them is, \u201cI could make my wife happy if she gets to go to this retreat.\u201d That\u2019s what they walk away with.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s three days of Zumba or meditation or vegan cooking\u2014it\u2019s all the same to them if it\u2019s something you would love. Most husbands are smart enough to catch on that what you\u2019re wanting is going to benefit him too.<\/p>\n<p>The guy from the man panel above said, \u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing here, but keep doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If your husband does ask what it\u2019s about, you could say, \u201cI\u2019m going to learn how to be more respectful to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you want to say more, you can. But less is definitely more in my experience.<\/p>\n<p>Over and over again, we get emails like this one that came today from a woman in Portland:, \u201cI am ready to take you up on your offer to join your online group and come to your retreat. I did what you said in telling my husband (very little) about it and it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enough said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you ever come clean about what you\u2019re doing behind his back? 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