In the movie A Few Good Men, the character played by Tom Cruise demands the truth from the character played by Jack Nicholson. And Nicholson yells “You can’t handle the truth!” It’s a rather famous line among guys.

At times, most husbands feel this way about their wife; she can’t handle the truth. And in some cases, a man is right.

I’ve seen women totally freak over some piece of information. I’m not talking about “I’m having an affair” or “I don’t love you”, I’m talking about factual information about finances or his job or some such. 

Once a man faces this, he starts to limit what he shares. He is worried that sharing something will cause his wife to spin out of control, fall into depression, get mad at him, or the ever-popular become unavailable for sex.

What makes this especially difficult, is your husband might have been primed for not sharing by a former girlfriend or his mother. Or maybe he is one of those men who thinks that women are weak creatures who can’t deal with things. Some men still think this and there are enough women who act that way to prove to them they’re correct. So it may not be you, he may have come into the marriage thinking you can’t handle the truth.

If you think this is happening in your marriage, talk to your husband. But first, ask yourself if you can handle the truth in a reasonable way. If not, then start by working on that.

~ Paul – I’m XY, and being able to handle the truth is a good thing!

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