by ThunderHorse » Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:51 pm
Chapter 4 is listening strategies. How can you imporove your lsitening skills? What prases do you use to invite your woman to vent? When was the last mistake you made in cutting your woman off, when she wantted to vent?
I cut my wife off by saying I did not want to hear about he rideas on religion. I have changed, and now, I just make causal, non-commital comments to acknowledge some degree of validity to th ideas she expresses.
I contradicted my wife tonight. I gave one of our grand daughters a small back pack of garrets and hair bands. My wife exclaimed that I nver gave our daughter any presents like that.
I contradicted her and said, "Yes I did, I gave her hair bands." Ther was an awkward silence. Maybe not a big deal. Just I could have done better, I suppose.
Maybe I couold have kept my wife talking bysaying something loike, "Well what esle did I never give our daughter that your remember I should have given her?"
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