“What can I expect from my spouse?” That was the lead question. Because over and over, her expectations had not been met.
“Expectations,” I told her, “can wreck your marriage.”
“Which expectations?”, she asked.
I noted, “Any.”
But shouldn’t you have expectations? Shouldn’t you be able to expect things from your spouse?
Let me ask you question: How’s that going so far?
Some expectations are explicit. Others are implicit. Some are internal. Others are external.
And generally, expectations fail.
That same person said, “So I should just expect my spouse to do nothing, is that right?” I noted that she just changed to another expectation. But still, it was an expectation. And expectations cause problems. Negative or positive. They still cause problems.
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