When It Just Won't Work
I am in the process of divorcing after discovering multiple affairs and secret babies.
I found the Surrendered Wife and Empowered Wife books early in my marriage and put the skills to work. I love the teachings and completely believe in them. I even bought the book for other women as gifts!
No amount of intimacy skills are going to solve a problem that occurs outside the relationship and then spills over into the marriage. Towards the end, my ex was trying to train me into performing a fake marriage with him. He wanted to play in my face and me not say anything. He wanted me to fund his secret life. He wanted me to be a brainwashed cult follower instead of a help-mate.
I refused and had to love him out the door.
The intimacy skills definitely made the most of whatever the marriage was destined to be. It definitely made me a happier and better wife. But the skills can't overcome a husband who thinks he's entitled to actively undermine the marriage in the most devastating way possible.
It's my prayer that I will one day have a wonderful husband and a beautiful marriage with a healthy man. A man that I can use the skills on and they work for a lifetime.
❤️🙏🏽