{"id":9279,"date":"2018-06-14T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauradoyleorg.wpengine.com\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:34:19","slug":"husband-is-like-a-roommate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-is-like-a-roommate\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband Is like a Roommate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><b>By Jo, Empowered Wife<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2005, I met the man of my dreams. He was funny, outgoing, romantic, passionate, talented, smart, kind, caring, generous and extremely sexy! I felt incredible when I was with him. We were engaged eight months later and married soon after.<\/p>\n<p>After nine years of the ups and downs of married life, I was falsely accused of being unfaithful. Shocked and devastated, I threw myself a seven-month pity party.<\/p>\n<p>I was in despair living with a man who had become merely a roommate and business partner.<\/p>\n<p><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Flauradoyle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D9279&#038;text=I%20had%20no%20idea%20that%20with%20a%20handful%20of%20simple%20Skills%20he%E2%80%99d%20sweep%20me%20off%20my%20feet.&#038;via=lauramdoyle&#038;related=lauramdoyle' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I had no idea that with a handful of simple Skills he\u2019d sweep me off my feet. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Flauradoyle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D9279&#038;text=I%20had%20no%20idea%20that%20with%20a%20handful%20of%20simple%20Skills%20he%E2%80%99d%20sweep%20me%20off%20my%20feet.&#038;via=lauramdoyle&#038;related=lauramdoyle' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With my pity party in full swing, Laura Doyle finally found me. I watched her free Introductory Course on the 6 Intimacy Skills\u2122 and listened intently as she transparently shared how her marriage had gone from the brink of divorce to ridiculously happy. I joined her online VIP program and began watching modules and filling out workbooks applying the Intimacy Skills to my own life.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t believe how simple it all sounded. Laura gave such practical cheat phrases and challenges that it seemed anyone could do them. My hope grew the more I learned.<\/p>\n<p>I was blessed to go on vacation with my husband and his family just five days after joining the program. On this trip I stole time for myself to keep reading, watching, and learning about the Skills. I was committed to transforming my marriage.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when I first had the awareness to recognize disrespect, control, focus on the negative, arguing, and the rejection of gifts, compliments and help.<\/p>\n<p>This ugliness was all happening in the beautiful home we had rented. I saw these beautiful women I love unknowingly attacking our men. They seemingly believed they were somehow bonding over this \u201charmless\u201d bashing.<\/p>\n<p>The worst part was that prior to this trip, I had joined in the attacking! I too had complained of my husband\u2019s shortcomings with laughter and derision.<\/p>\n<p>I now held back tears of shame as the \u201cjoking\u201d persevered.<\/p>\n<p>The same day, I apologized to my husband for my previous participation in such disrespectful and demeaning conversations. For the first time in a very long time, he looked at me with hope in his eyes and softness in his voice as he said, \u201cThank you\u2013that means a lot.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-3143813951\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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>I did my best to practice these newly acquired Skills throughout our vacation. We had so much fun and did not argue\u2013the entire trip!<\/p>\n<p>After arriving home, it was harder to use the Skills and <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/saving-your-marriage\/\">apply duct tape<\/a> when I wanted to speak my mind disrespectfully. I couldn\u2019t figure out why. I was still experiencing increased intimacy, but my old habits, like offering \u201chelp\u201d and defending myself rather than listening, kept sneaking in. It seemed so much harder here.<\/p>\n<p>I trudged forward through lots of ups and downs. Wanting more support, I attended the Cherished for Life Weekend in September and started the <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/become-a-coach\/\">Laura Doyle Relationship Coach Training Program<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n<p>In training, I figured out what I was missing: replenishing self-care!<\/p>\n<p>I began to see the pattern clearly. When I took the bait to argue, acted with disrespect, or offered \u201chelp,\u201d my self-care had been minimal. When I was feeling cherished, using the Skills with ease and feeling genuinely happy, my self-care tank was <em>full<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This revelation was a huge turning point. I now truly began to understand that this was all about changing <em>me<\/em> and not my husband. I increased my self-care, focused on myself and enjoyed the ride.<\/p>\n<p>In December, my husband took me on vacation, fulfilling <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/my-husband-disappoints-me-all-the-time\/\">a desire I\u2019d expressed<\/a> to travel more. I received not only private but surprisingly public displays of affection.<\/p>\n<p>On a romantic bike taxi ride, he pulled me close and wrapped his arms around me. He grabbed me, dipped me and passionately kissed me in front of our entire bus tour for a photo opportunity!<\/p>\n<p>Later snuggling in bed, he held me close as we fell asleep after the fleur-de-lis dropped, marking the start of a brand new year. It was also the start of a new phase of our marriage as, almost a year since I\u2019d found the Skills, we held hands, laughed and had an incredible trip.<\/p>\n<p>Things continue to get better.<\/p>\n<p>I no longer work summers and am working less during the school year thanks to my husband\u2019s support. He comes home earlier on weekdays. He calls me often throughout the day to say hello. He takes most weekends off and fills them with fun activities for us. We have more vacations planned and enjoy talking about our future.<\/p>\n<p>While my marriage isn\u2019t perfect, I feel cherished and adored by my amazing husband!<\/p>\n<p>I will be forever grateful to God for Laura, the Skills and my commitment to change myself and my marriage. I am now a surrendered, empowered wife in love with my husband and my life.<\/p>\n<p>And the best is yet to come!<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s one way you can reignite the romance in your relationship? 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After nine years of the ups and downs of married\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-is-like-a-roommate\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[710],"tags":[],"app":[],"class_list":["post-9279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emotional-intimacy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Husband is Like a Roommate [Simple ways to Inspire Romance]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A definitive list of things you can do to turn your unromantic roommate of a husband into a raving romantic!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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The thing I\u2019m most proud of is my playful, passionate relationship with my hilarious husband John\u2013who has been dressing himself since before I was born.","sameAs":["https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauradoyle.org\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lauramdoyle\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lauramdoyle\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/intimacyskills\/","https:\/\/x.com\/lauramdoyle","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/lauradoyleauthor"],"url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/author\/stmonday\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9279"},{"taxonomy":"app","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/app?post=9279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}