[tri-med] Re: Love and marriage and disabled kids!

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From: <NanlorW@xxxxxxx>
. OTOH, doors could be falling off hinges, yard looking like a slum and he
> would never see it, even if I pointed it out. Our priorities could be very
> different.

That's probably one of the most frustrating things in a marrige, when each 
has different priorities on what is 'important' or near the top of the list.

  I think
> reading the book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus helped me 
> understand our
> different ways of looking at the world.

That book is a must read for ANY couple!!!!!!!

After I read it and kept talking about it to Jim he then read it. We both 
agreed that it really was on the mark for helping explain the difference in 
the sexes and how we think/react to each other.

Having these thoughts and info in our brain really made Jim and I re-think 
things that might have driven us to an argument or at least friction because 
we could say 'it's the gender speaking and it's not directed at me 
personally'.

My biggest issue is taking things personally and it's something I really 
have to pay attention to because it wrecks havoc on my mind and emotions and 
can make me defensive and sometimes not so nice.  :-(
Wish I was one of the people who let those things just run off their back. 
Just a personality flaw but at least I'm aware of it and TRY to work on it, 
with varying degrees of success.

Michelle mom to Alex (20, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (17)
MichiganUSA 

                  Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
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