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431. Love Doesn’t Assume... Love Asks, Love Listens And Love Responds
One of the fastest ways intimacy erodes in marriage is through assumption.
We assume our spouse knows what we need.
We assume they understand how we feel.
We assume love means they should just “get it.”
But marriage doesn’t work on mind-reading as we have talked about before, it works on communication.
When we assume things, we stop asking questions. And when we stop asking questions, we stop truly knowing our spouse. Over time, those assumptions turn into unmet expectations, and unmet expectations almost always lead to frustration, resentment, or emotional distance.
Dr. John Gottman, one of…
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