http://www.laughyourway.com/blog/buck-naked/ Improving Marriages, One Laugh at a Time Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.laughyourway.com/blog/buck-naked/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Diane Brierley for Mark Gungor Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:29:24 +0000 http://www.laughyourway.com/?p=279#comment-29 You will find lots of great information on communication and navigating conflict in Mark's book <em>Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage </em> that will help answer this question. The book is available through our online store. You will find lots of great information on communication and navigating conflict in Mark’s book Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage that will help answer this question. The book is available through our online store.

]]> http://www.laughyourway.com/blog/buck-naked/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Kat Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:21:34 +0000 http://www.laughyourway.com/?p=279#comment-23 Hello! I have found in studying my own relationships, that my best friendships have the qualities that a marriage should possess. There is love, trust, the ability to speak openly, the ability to disagree and respect each other's opinions and thoughts.... all the things a good marriage needs and should have. And yet I look at my own marriage and those of my friends and wonder what went so horribly wrong. We are defensive toward one another, and unkind with words when trying to discuss a tough subject. I know that I have flaws but no one wants those things flung in their face during an arguement or in a move to gain power or control. Why is it so hard to communicate with your spouse without it turning into a who does what competition? Hello! I have found in studying my own relationships, that my best friendships have the qualities that a marriage should possess. There is love, trust, the ability to speak openly, the ability to disagree and respect each other’s opinions and thoughts…. all the things a good marriage needs and should have. And yet I look at my own marriage and those of my friends and wonder what went so horribly wrong. We are defensive toward one another, and unkind with words when trying to discuss a tough subject. I know that I have flaws but no one wants those things flung in their face during an arguement or in a move to gain power or control. Why is it so hard to communicate with your spouse without it turning into a who does what competition?

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