How to love a difficult man by Nancy Good

Author:Nancy Good
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Men., Women., Interpersonal relations.
Publisher: St Martin's Paperbacks
Published: 1987-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

138 v How to Love a Difficult Man

not become good enough to pursue a career in art. She learned of these limits through her mother's depressed expressions and the arguing between her parents, which always seemed to increase if she stayed away from home too much. As a result, Ginny stopped taking violin lessons altogether when she got married, and only occasionally draws. She fears that her husband, like her parents, may withdraw his love if she is successful in these creative areas and receives positive stroking from others.

Erica Jong in her book Parachutes & Kisses tells us how her heroine, Isadora, blames her writing achievements for the ruin of her marriage: "She had been good box office since the seventies—but not until her last novel... was there anything like respect for the way she could write. Did her troubles begin when that newfound success alienated her husband, Josh ..."

It is possible that your difficult man may feel threatened if you receive admiration and appreciation from other people. But he will probably not tell you that your accomplishments make him feel insecure. Instead, he may show you. Though her husband had never had a drinking problem before, one woman's husband began to drink every evening after she started a small but successful marketing business. What should you do then if your man shows you, or even tells you clearly, that he is unhappy because your interests and talents are getting you positive stroking from outside the relationship? Rather than give up everything for

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