Originally Posted By: Puppy Dog Tails
If you learn NOTHING ELSE from this whole ordeal, learn this:

In every situation, rather than operate from a basis of "How will she will react if I do thus-and-such? Will she be mad? How will her reaction make ME feel?", and replace it with

"What is The Right Thing to Do in this situation? What would God Himself have me do, if He were standing right in front of me?" . . . and then let any bluster from your wife, as a result, be just that: BLUSTER.

It's very liberating when you finally learn to do that, and realize . . . I'm still standing.


"What is best for my kids is best for me"
Amor Fati
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