Afterword: What’s Now?
-don’t’ worry too much about some missteps, as because you can look up the various elements of the book to get a road-map back to the intimate relationship.
-to spontaneously fix and/or improve their relationships, people would renew their relations in about 5 hours a week with many small things. Gottman called this the Magic Five Hours. Activities included:
Parting:Before saying goodbyes in the morning, find out one thing which is happening in the partner’s life that day;
Reunions: Stress-reducing conversations at the end of each workday
Admiration And Appreciation:Find some way every day to communicate genuine affection and appreciation towards your spouse
Affection: Kiss, hold, grab and touch each other when together
Weekly Date: Could Be A Relaxing Low-Pressure Way To Stay Connected.Ask each other questions [to update your love-maps] and turn towards each other. Talking out a marital issue or working through an argument can also be placed here.
The mythic assumptions that marriage expectations are often overblown and lowering expectations of each other will help marriage – was shown to be wrong! People with higher expectations of marriage had the highest quality of marriage. For example, people who expected to not have too much negativity, contempt, defensiveness, etc… , and insisted on confronting it gently, wound up happiest married. Therefore, the marriage needs an early warning system “Marital Poop Detector”. i.e. when one partner senses something is wrong, they could ask the partner what is going on (not too close to bedtime as it may interfere with sleep). Issues to bring up could include:
No such thing as constructive criticism – it does not work. Complaining about something specific may work, but not the critical stance. Two sources of a partner’s critical stance:
Feeling chronically ignored: thus both partners need to change (one being more responsive and the other less critical).
Self-doubt coming from within [i.e. childhood]: I.e. one who always searches for approval but cannot enjoy it when it is offered. If a person’s mind is trained to find what is wrong, he will miss what is done right by the partner. If you feel you are inadequate, you will look for it in yourself – and in your partner. Instead, learn to forgive yourself for imperfections. Thanking others is not to flatter the others but to ingrain appreciation in ourselves.
Identify your critical tendencies
Give thanks to others every day [partners, family members]
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