Tom Bri
2007-12-05 15:44:43
Excellent advice Dr. Helen! Two points especially, don’t talk to your friends/family about your husband’s troubles. That is my number one pet peeve with my wife. I hate it but she won’t stop. Fortunately she has plenty of good points too, but it is so invasive.
The other is, don’t stop your husband from having friends. I know so many men who once they are married are immediately cut off from all male friendship. They have work, family, and nothing else. Very sad, and totally unnecessary.
A man who tried to prevent his wife from having girlfriends would be considered a jerk, or worse. A woman doing the same in reverse seems to be OK.
