http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/ Surrendered Wife Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:13:16 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/240 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/240 PEOPLE NEED LOVE MOST WHEN THEY DESERVE IT LEAST If your husband is doing something peculiar or annoying, it could be an awkward request for your love, Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:41:10 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/239 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/239 Look For The Hero In Your Husband You may wonder if this approach will actually work with your husband. Remember that men generally want to help their wives Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:47:42 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/238 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/238 Responding To His Crazy Ideas One of the most difficult things about relinquishing control is that we don't always know when we're being controlling. Letting Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:53:52 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/237 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/237 Be the VIP Instead of the Chauffeur The scariest part about surrendering to your husband is that it may seem like you're never going to get your way, but just Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:10:49 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/236 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/236 "Listen for the Heart Message" Spend one evening listening to your husband. Even if neither of you talks much, make a point of really hearing everything he Mon, 25 May 2009 14:16:55 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/235 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/235 HOW MARRIAGE HELPS YOU BECOME YOUR BEST SELF September 30th, 2008 was my 19th wedding anniversary. It doesn't seem like that long ago that John and I were Mon, 11 May 2009 01:10:39 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/234 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/234 THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE In the science of happiness, gratitude lists are powerful medicine. That's because studies show that those who make daily Mon, 04 May 2009 14:56:56 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/233 THE "I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP" SYNDROME A lot of us have an unconscious refrain jingling in our heads that goes like this: "I know better than he does? I Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:23:18 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/232 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/232 NOT ALL HUSBANDS HAVE THE SAME PRIORITIES Kristin met her man at a party and the two of them enjoyed many parties together through the years. After being Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:19:33 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/231 Trade the Illusion of Control for a Romantic Reality When I focus on what my husband could be doing better, I enter a fantasy world in which I can change my Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:17:00 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/230 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/230 THE IMPORTANCE OF PEDICURES, WALKS WITH A FRIEND AND WATCHING A GOOD MOVIE I encourage women to practice good self-care every single day. That's because it's Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:47:57 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/229 HOW TO BE FINANCIALLY INTIMATE There can be no intimacy unless there is vulnerability, and one of the ways wives avoid vulnerability is by trying to stay in Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:57:54 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/228 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/228 A SIDE-EFFECT OF SURRENDERING: RESTORING YOUR DIGNITY Nothing erodes your self-esteem like hearing yourself screech, yell and complain at the people you love. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:56:30 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/227 Your Husband Wants to Make You Happy I've posed the question, "How important is it to you that your wife is happy?" to thousands of men, and no matter the man, Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:22:17 GMT swife_92626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surrenderedwife/message/226 This week's tip is from an article Laura wrote in 2003 concerning how she paid all the bills and how it very nearly ruined her relationship: Sponsored By Our