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But I think you've missed the point of my article. You aren't "entitled" to anything. If she isn't willingly giving you trust and respect then you have the three options as I spelled out.

The reality is you can't force another human to give you something they aren't willingly giving you.

This is the part people get stuck on. Because they want the other aspects of the relationship, so they don't want to leave the whole relationship, they simply want their wife to (fill in the blank).

But the only behavior you have control over is your own. Don't like what your partner is or is not providing? Then you can learn to deal with it, you can compromise, or you can leave. You cannot force them to give you anything, including trust and respect.

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Long After the Thrill
Long After the Thrill

Written by Long After the Thrill

Kate is a highly educated, extremely opinionated, mom of four, and grandma of two living in a multi-generational home with enough life experience for TEN lives.

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