Well, thank you very much for those book suggestions anyways. I can appreciate that everyone relates to a different style of writing.
Originally Posted By: dbmod
It's really so very important to build your skills as life goes on, because even when you both always want to make it work, life just throws you some real curveballs.
Yes, that's exactly it, isn't it. And I imagine that these skills never really get 'perfected'. We keep relearning and expanding on them as we are confronted with new situations in life.
FWIW, you know what I'd like to read, or hear of? (Just in case you'd like to put a bug in MWD's ear for her next book) Just something, anything from the almost-WAs point of view. I think it might be reassuring even just to hear about their experiences - how they came to the decision to stay; how they worked to ensure they didn't slip back into old patterns; how they learned to trust themselves and their partner again; how they keep themselves from drifting down that road again. IDK, just a thought. Maybe there aren't that many of us out there. Well, anyways, thanks again for the convo dbmod. Perhaps I'll re-listen to the books of MWDs I already have. Maybe there'll be something there I can learn, that I wasn't ready to 'hear' the first time or two I listened. Cheers, FMV.
I cannot complain for not receiving from others, that which I've never asked them for.
Just something, anything from the almost-WAs point of view. I think it might be reassuring even just to hear about their experiences - how they came to the decision to stay; how they worked to ensure they didn't slip back into old patterns; how they learned to trust themselves and their partner again; how they keep themselves from drifting down that road again. IDK, just a thought. Maybe there aren't that many of us out there. Well, anyways, thanks again for the convo dbmod. Perhaps I'll re-listen to the books of MWDs I already have. Maybe there'll be something there I can learn, that I wasn't ready to 'hear' the first time or two I listened. Cheers, FMV.