What He Wants
What do our husbands want? Well, first, they want you to understand their position. “I want my wife, Debra, to understand how my children are feeling and to understand that as their father I can get mad at them and two seconds later I’ve forgotten about it and that’s just part of being a dad,” [...]
Communication Part (2)
But most men in stepfamilies feel a certain degree of torment about it or guilt or worry or anxiety. If you are negotiating with your partner around that, you want to be able to speak to that. You want to lead by empathizing.” So if your husband sees his kids only a few nights every [...]
Communication
It’s vitally important that you and your husband learn to communicate and get your emotions out on the table. A stepfamily in the beginning is a fragile thing, and you want to do everything you can to strengthen those bonds. As I’ve said all along, you’ve got to have a solid relationship with your spouse. [...]
What He Wants Part (2)
“Sometimes you just have to let things go,” Jake says. “In a perfect world we’d do a lot of things differently, but you have to let it go or it will drive us crazy and eat us alive.” Chris has two sons and a new baby with his wife, Dannette. He also advises stepmoms to [...]
