{"id":7521,"date":"2016-02-04T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauradoyle1.wpengine.com\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:35:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:35:09","slug":"make-your-marriage-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/make-your-marriage-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 Way to Make Your Marriage Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shana was upset with her husband when she got home to find the kids eating candy and playing on the iPad while he worked in the yard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just can never count on him when I want to go out. He says he\u2019s taking care of the kids and then I come home to this!\u201d she seethed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jessica was just as upset with her husband, who moved the computer and a huge pile of cords into their bedroom, making it look messy. \u201cWhy can\u2019t he understand that I like things to be tidy and organized?\u201d she complained.<\/p>\n

Karen was equally irritated about her husband coming home from work an hour later than he said he would. \u201cHe always does this!\u201d she told me, \u201cI\u2019m just going to tell him how inconsiderate he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s easy to see ways that each of those husbands had been irritating or irresponsible, but it turns out, that wasn\u2019t the real problem.<\/p>\n

In each of these cases, there was something else contributing to the tension in the relationship, and it had everything to do with Shana, Jessica, and Karen.<\/p>\n

It just wasn\u2019t obvious to them at first–not until I asked each of them this revealing question… <\/p>\n

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