- You decide to surprise your wife by buying a new car. As
soon as she sees it, she gets very upset. She says, "That's terrible! I'll
never ride in it. Take it back!"
Reasonable part of wife's request:
You say:
- You've just come home from work feeling tired, and you still
have to run to the hardware store. Your wife, who stays home to raise
the kids, says that she has just had a terrible day with them. She asks
you to take them with you to the store so she can have some alone
time.
Reasonable part of wife's request:
You say:
- You like to stay up late and work or watch TV Your wife
likes to go to sleep by eleven. One night around ten-thirty she comes
into the den where you're watching TV and asks you to come to bed.
She says that it bothers her that you don't come to bed until after
she's asleep, because she'd like to have sex more often.
Reasonable part of wife's request:
You say:
Sample Answers
1.Reasonable part of wife's request: Your marriage does need help.
You say: "I agree that improving our marriage is very important.
Maybe counseling is the answer. Let's think about how we can cut down