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They Resist Repairing Relationships Problems are bound to come up in any relationship, so it’s important to know how to handle conflict in ways that help the relationship weather the storm. It takes confidence and maturity to admit to being wrong and try to make things better. But emotionally immature people resist facing their mistakes. People who
... See moreLindsay C. Gibson • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Repair and remain sounds simple because it is. But simple is not the same as easy. “For better, for worse,” we say, and everyone likes to stay when it’s the better.
Kurt Armstrong • Repair and Remain
Remember the Kenneth Blanchard adage: “Our amends are made in changed behavior.”
Joanneh Nagler • The Debt-Free Spending Plan: An Amazingly Simple Way to Take Control of Your Finances Once and for All
Commit to changing your behavior because you cannot tolerate the secretive way you’ve been living anymore. Commit to change because you see there is a new way to live and you crave intimacy and truth with a desperate hunger. Commit to change for the benefit, not the approval, of those around you. Acknowledge your horror at being the source of their
... See moreAdam Smith • Exhausted Wives, Bewildered Husbands: Why your marriage is hurting, and how to blossom as a couple
Recognize that the one you have lost may be right in your own household. Do whatever it takes to find the lost and then celebrate with others, both so that you can share the joy and so that the others will help prevent the recovered from ever being lost again. Don’t wait until you receive an apology; you may never get one. Don’t wait until you can
... See moreAmy-Jill Levine • Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
The integrity of their relationship will be maintained only if the system is designed to perform
Matthew Frederick • 101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School
Mature people take responsibility for their actions. When they make a mistake or act inappropriately, they apologize, make amends, or repair the damage. Conversely, Nice Guys try to fix situations by doing whatever it takes to get the other person to stop being upset.