Monday, June 9, 2008

10 Stupid Things Couples do to Mess up Their Relationship

I found this list here.


1. Stupid Secrets: Withholding important information for fear of rejection. It’s the struggle against selfishness. Privacy is something you 'give' out of respect. Secrecy is when you feel guilty about something you can't tell you partner or spouce.

2. Stupid Egotism: My freedom/ rights to do what I want are more important than you feeling/ needs –and ask not what you can do for this relationship ask only what this relationship can do for you!

3. Stupid Pettiness: Make a big deal of the small stuff.

4. Stupid Power: Never lose an argument, or sacrifice anything; always be in control, never let the other forget he or she messed up.

5. Stupid Priorities: consuming all your time and energies with work, hobbies, errands, chores, missions and an unkept bed has a higher priority than the relationship.

6. Stupid Happiness: seeking stimulation and assurance from all the wrong places to satisfy the immature need to feel good vs.. to be good.

7. Stupid Excuses: instead of acknowledging misdeeds and being accountable, you fight back with excuses, which just cause more damage –learn to apologize.

8. Stupid Liaisons: staying attached to relatives and friends who are outright bad influence and destructive to your relationship –allowing these folks to hurt your partner.

9. Stupid Mismatch: Seeing red flags clearly and yet you stay around trying to put a square peg in a round hole –not knowing when to leave and cut your losses. Bad boys and jerks fall into this catagory.

10.Stupid Breakups: Disconnecting for all the wrong reasons. We live in a divorce culture.

How guilty are all of us of doing these things.

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