May. 7th, 2007
From Exceptional Marriage
May. 7th, 2007 08:25 pm"It's Your Fault!"
Disengaging from the Cycle of Blame
You wake up in the middle of the night asking yourself "Am I really miserable to be around?" This is what your spouse had suggested earlier in the day during a conflict over where to go this coming weekend. The phone conversation with your lover ends badly and for the remainder of the day you cannot shake off its effects. An argument you have during a 3 hour car trip to your in-laws leads nowhere and tension permeates the dead air.
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Take a look at the routine ways your relationship gets bogged down in blame. Perhaps it would help to admit, at least to yourself that you have a negative intent to make your partner feel badly. Maybe you can extricate yourself from the blame box and ask your partner to reveal the mystery behind the things she does that frustrate you so much. Are you willing to know the rest of the story, or are you content to dither about in the domain of blame? You do have a choice.
Disengaging from the Cycle of Blame
You wake up in the middle of the night asking yourself "Am I really miserable to be around?" This is what your spouse had suggested earlier in the day during a conflict over where to go this coming weekend. The phone conversation with your lover ends badly and for the remainder of the day you cannot shake off its effects. An argument you have during a 3 hour car trip to your in-laws leads nowhere and tension permeates the dead air.
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Take a look at the routine ways your relationship gets bogged down in blame. Perhaps it would help to admit, at least to yourself that you have a negative intent to make your partner feel badly. Maybe you can extricate yourself from the blame box and ask your partner to reveal the mystery behind the things she does that frustrate you so much. Are you willing to know the rest of the story, or are you content to dither about in the domain of blame? You do have a choice.