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- From: jsmt@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Julia Smith)
- Newsgroups: soc.women
- Subject: Re: Cold Marriage
- Keywords: Marriage
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.043043.4660@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 04:30:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.230335.6184@dragon.acadiau.ca> 890530m@dragon.acadiau.ca (Darren MacKenzie) writes:
- >rfs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (richard.f.j.soyack) writes:
- >
- >>Do yourself a favor and seek professional help. If she won't
- >>go with you go by yourself.
- >
- >On the contrary, I do believe it's HER that needs the help, not HIM!!
-
- Doc, they both *need* help, but they need different kinds of help.
- He needs help to deal with his hurt and what it is going through in
- his increasingly abusive relationship (and if you don't think withholding
- affection is abuse, I feel very very sorry for you). She definately needs
- help as well, but HE CANNOT CHANGE HER. The only person he can change
- is himself. If she won't get the help she needs to make a relationship
- tolerable, he'll have to figure out whether it is worth it to him to
- stay or go. but HE CANNOT CHANGE HER and no amount of pushing or
- prodding will force her to do something she isn't ready or willing
- to do.
- The first tenant of recovery is that no one can do the work for you.
- That applies to trouble in relationships as well.
- Darren, if you sit around and wait for her to change, you are going
- to suffer some major hurt which will take you a long time to deal with.
- Start now - get the help you need. Maybe once you start, and she sees
- that it doesn't turn you into a zombie, she will be able to take care
- of what is troubling her.
-