#10: Absence Makes the Fart Grow Fonder

 
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When validation wanes, partners can feel hurt and rejected. They depended so thoroughly on their partner's affirmation for the their self-esteem and identity, they feel lost. They resent their partner's unwillingness to keep on making them feel special. 

How to sabotage** a marriage in three easy steps:
** using popular, but crummy, relationship advice

Step 3 (Validate!)
Step 2 (Sex! More Sex!) --> here
Step 1 (Compromise) --> here 

From the book: LEARNING TO COMMIT (Fall, 2015, Self Counsel Press)

 
Avrum Nadigel