Stop Annoying Behaviors

Are there things that drive your spouse nuts and are very irritating to your spouse? Stop doing them! Just know that nothing you have done or haven’t done is any justification for your spouse’s affair. But since we are on a mission of saving the marriage these things could be coming in between you both and they need to end. You don’t need to become the perfect spouse and personal change takes time so don’t start blaming yourself for the affair and don’t fall for the “if I’m just good enough the affair will end”. This all leads to you thinking you have to be perfect and that isn’t true.

Some things would be poor hygiene habits, too much time in doing things like TV, computer, talking on the phone, shopping, etc., talking about your spouse in poor light to others outside the marriage, losing control and going into rages, things like this. I’m sure you get the idea.

Make Your Spouse’s Life With You Peaceful, Respectful

Do not go crazy and smoother them, this will drive them away. You don’t need to get presents, spend every minute of every day next to them, and hover over them. This is annoying and we are trying NOT to be annoying. You need to uphold your own dignity. Be polite, respectful, and friendly but do NOT smoother! This is all about honoring both yourself and your spouse. This has nothing to do about you becoming a doormat and allowing the affair to continue on without standing up for yourself. This is about having good manners in the face of a very bad situation. Don’t be mislead into thinking that you are saying that the affair was in a any way okay. What you are doing is stopping the harm being done to your marriage by intervening.