Commitment in Marriage–and Life

A friend considering whether to propose marriage wrote to me in 1995 to request coaching. Here is my response.

 


 

In my first marriage, arguments with my wife followed a common format: I attacked and withdrew (what John Grey refers to as “the bear healing in his cave”). In my cave, I found myself stewing over imagined details of how we would divide the furniture, whether I would lose half of my library and the joys of returning to dating and seduction. Then we would cool off and gradually return to normal. But conflicts occur in close relationships, so I had lots of opportunity to (more…)

Tony Mayo
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