Or perhaps you are the difficult person. Most likely both have some truth in our individual lives. It seems like everything that could be said about dealing with difficult people has been said, but this article on the notion of “Invalidation” as a tool frequently used by difficult people is really well done, imo. I’m afraid I haven’t been blogging much because I’ve been SICK … Continue reading Anyone know a difficult person?
There are people who have habits – ways that they do things day after day. These are people who put things back in the same place each time they clean them up. Those who follow routines in their daily lives. Then there is me. I don’t have habits – I have tendencies. I could take the same path to the store everyday for 5 years … Continue reading I’m driving my husband crazy
There’s an article at Christianity Today about marriage which I found kind of intriguing. It’s called “Just Because”. In it, the author talks about how her husband has a habit of bidding on large items on ebay which are “pick-up only” and are located across the country. So they end up making weekend trips across the country to pick up motor homes, home gyms, motorcycle … Continue reading Adventurous Marriage?
On of the topics I have brushed on here is how the government can/should change policies in order to encourage family formation and make it easier to maintain families. Unfortunately, whenever government and policies appear in the same sentence, people may assume I’m referring t new big-government programs. This is not the case at all. In The National Review Online today, one of the authors … Continue reading Government Policies and Marriage
The Upside Down World 