tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30644215.post115280227031435913..comments2023-05-25T10:37:58.109-03:00Comments on To Love, Honor, and Dismay: Dismaying Story #6: The Permission ParadoxAndrew McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210761023973607515noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30644215.post-1154112291234882672006-07-28T15:44:00.000-03:002006-07-28T15:44:00.000-03:00I find it hard to accept this approach when I don'...I find it hard to accept this approach when I don't say no alot, and I get an even more emotional response when He asks for my help and I turn him down. But i'll read #7 alsoLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008104019195712105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30644215.post-1153071357246414982006-07-16T14:35:00.000-03:002006-07-16T14:35:00.000-03:00This is such a great question that I have answered...This is such a great question that I have answered it as <A HREF="http://lovehonoranddismay.blogspot.com/2006/07/dismaying-story-7-so-then-what-should.html" REL="nofollow">Dismaying Story #7: So THEN What Should I Do?</A>Andrew McAllisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07210761023973607515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30644215.post-1152967189080344162006-07-15T09:39:00.000-03:002006-07-15T09:39:00.000-03:00Gee. That conversation sounds just exactly like wh...Gee. That conversation sounds just exactly like what used to happen in my first marriage. I did that, you know. I was kind and supportive, and very, very patient.<BR/><BR/>And he never picked up anything. <BR/><BR/>So, what do you do if you've asked him to put his dirty underwear in the laundry basket at the foot of the bed instead of the floor at the side of the bed. (The two being separated by, oh, maybe four feet.) He ignores you. You don't persist, but every morning, there's the dirty laundry on the floor.<BR/><BR/>Every day. For three months. No exaggeration.<BR/><BR/>So what do you do when being patient and calm simply doesn't work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com