Photo by Housden Photos

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Recently I created a list of 13 ways to improve your marriage. It turned out to be a pretty good list and it made me think about how I learned those lessons. At several times during our 37 years as man and wife, I was on the verge of a major train wreck which threatened to destroy our marriage. Somehow, we pulled together and over time I became a better husband. How did that happen?

There are many things that helped me grow but I received a major boost in insight when about 10 years ago I was pointed to Wild at Heart which really opened my eyes about my role as a man in making a good marriage. I came of age in the 60’s and was suckered into the feminist mindset about women. I think it was particularly appealing to me because it was so easy. Or at least is seemed easy to the chicken-hearted young man I was then, The wisdom at the time was that women wanted to lead their own lives without a man to slow them down. I was OK with not leading and being that sensitive man that feminists talked about. In short, I was a wimp.

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