Husband and wife in boxing gloves

Dude Skill #3: FIGHT – Part 2

#12 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK.  Couples don’t often know how to do conflict well for a multitude of reasons. And our upbringing and family-of-origin is one of the…
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Family Feud game

Dude Skill #3: FIGHT – Part 1

#11 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. Love without truth is sentimentality. It supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Tim Keller As a kid…
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Couple talking while having coffee

Dude Skill #2: TALK – Part 5

#10 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. How Do I Talk To My Wife? I don’t know how many times I have incited an argument with Amie because of my…
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Group of young friends

Nature? Or Nurture?

At this point in our journey, you’re most likely beginning to make significant connections between the experiences of your childhood and the intra- or inter-personal plaguing your adult life. To clearly and uniquely consider the solutions we’ll be discussing in detail later in this book, there is one last foundational block that must be laid….
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Human doing or human being

Dude Skill #2: TALK – Part 4

#9 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. What Do Wives Want Their Husbands To Talk About? i was talking to a friend the other day about how hard life is….
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Group of men

Dude Skill #2: TALK – Part 3

#8 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. Vulnerability When Amie and I were first married, we talked about everything. I shared with her my hopes, dreams, and fears. It was…
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