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How To Deal With An Emotionally Distant
Husband
Presented By:
God's Help For Marriage
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Is Your Husband Emotionally Distant?
Many women face the problem of an emotionally distant husband in their
marriage.
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Is Your Husband Emotionally Distant?
If this is you, you may be wondering if your husband still loves you.
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Is Your Husband Emotionally Distant?
You might even think that he hates you...
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Is Your Husband Emotionally Distant?
This good news is that this is usually not the case.
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Is Your Husband Emotionally Distant?
Your husband probably loves you very much.
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Is Your Husband Emotionally Distant?
There can be any number of reasons why he may be having trouble
relating to you emotionally.
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The ProblemWhy Men Are Emotionally Distant
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
One of the reasons men are emotionally distant is because we are
afraid to fail.
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
What if we open up ourselves emotionally...
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
Bare our souls to our wives...
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
Only to look foolish?
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
Or to be rejected by the person we love most?
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
In addition, most men are not raised to be good at the emotional side of
relationships.
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
We are taught to be tough and resilient, not open and vulnerable.
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
If that weren't enough, God actually wired men and women differently.
(You can debate this if you want, but it's still true)
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Why Men Are Emotionally Distant
There are also many other reasons we might be emotionally distant:
• Work stress
• Family stress
• Financial worries
• Insecurity
• Hidden sinJust to name a few possibilities.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
The Solution
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
First, you should realize that your husband will never meet all of your
emotional needs.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
That isn't his job.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Only God can fulfill the deepest longings of your heart.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Learn to look to Him first and foremost for your emotional fulfillment.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
You may have spent some time trying to communicate your emotional need
to your husband.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
In many cases this is actually the wrong move.
(But not always, so try it if you haven't)
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
This may actually push your husband further away.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Why?
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Because in his perception you aren't communicating your need, but his
failure.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Men hate failing.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Sometimes this will make them try harder.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
But frequently this will just cause them to shut down even more.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
So what is a wife to do in this situation?
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
1. Be patient.2. Learn to look to God for your
emotional needs.3. Ask God to work on your husband.4. And...
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Show your husband respect, even when it is hard.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
Men thrive and respect just as much as women thrive on love.
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What To Do when Your Emotional Needs Aren't Being Met
If you go out of your way to make your man feel respected, he will
reciprocate by showing you love.
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How To Deal With An Emotionally Distant Husband