Me boundaries: 1) Do not touch Michael 2) Speak in a calm voice 3) Ask for a time out if I cannot control my emotions 4) Do not make demands-that is controlling Michael 5) If Michael says things that are hurtful, then share calmly how that feels

Hi again, Had a rough day. Visited my parents with the kids. My mom had a brain hemoridge three weeks ago and is recouperanting from this. She is very emotional. I tried to talk to them today about me doing the love dare, but they are both very angry at my husband. I tried to explain that they too should...

I distinctly remember this Dare from a few months ago. However, I pretended to not remember & I asked my husband to refresh my memory for me. I said that I remembered he didn't like me to be sarcastic. He couldn't remember the other things (trust me, I remembered them all!). In the end, he...

Life is good. I started my new job yesterday. It was hard for I am moving forward in a direction I would not have chosen but I know this is where the Lord wants me to be & I am grateful. I was fortunate to have made a call to the Military help center & talked to a wonderful christian woman who...

3-28-10 Well I made my list and kept it in my diary. With today being unlucky 13 it lived up to its reputation. We got together only to fill out paperwork online and how money was going to be divided. She signed the papers right away so I looked over them and signed myself. I did ask her one more time...

3-28-10 Well I made my list and kept it in my diary. With today being unlucky 13 it lived up to its reputation. We got together only to fill out paperwork online and how money was going to be divided. She signed the papers right away so I looked over them and signed myself. I did ask her one more time...

Love fights fair. Today's dare was something that has been needed for sometime. I found that while writing out my list of what not to do's I started to see how the things I would conjure up would instantly take her down a notch but would do nothing whatsoever about the argument. I wrote my own...

Today's task in The Love Dare is to establish healthy rules of engagement with my wife, for use in arguments and disagreements. This might seem odd if you've read my first twelve posts, but I'm skipping it. I know, I'm something of a sickening Love Dare perfectionist, and I need to be...