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Any one know of any good books on helping a couple learn to comminicate?
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The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
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read it.
nothing is helping-I can't get him to communicate to me about anything' I've been trying for a year now.
And ya know what?
I'm F***** done TRYING!!!!!!
Loved1
Loved1
Sounds like he's using withholding which is a form of verbal abuse listed in a great book The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans. How to identify it and how to respond. Yes, I believe the book says to say you are bored and go do something else. It may make an impact. It sounds hard to deal with I am sorry you are going through that. I noticed as things started to sour with my ex here recently, he stopped being open with me or communicating. It's verbal abuse. It's emotional abuse. It is my opinion. I'm sorry you are going through that. It is not your fault.
6bagsfull
6bagsfull
The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work Author: John M. Gottman

It has Questions in it that have to be done together. They advise doing the questions when you are both in a good mood.

Bottom line is, if he doesn't want to paticipate in your relationship hurdles, then you have no relationship. It takes 2 to make it work.
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