I was looking for an image for a post last week and I saw a whole bunch of things like the image here:

This is true. However, it’s one of those things that can become ugly if there’s no balance. The line between necessary self-care and selfishness is blurry. It depends on the circumstances and will change as circumstances change.

From what I see, as a man, some women go too far while others don’t go far enough. The first is bad for her family, the second for her. Making it worse, some women who aren’t engaging in nearly enough self-care get told they’re doing too much. And some women who are clearly being selfish are told they need to go further.

The difficulty is most of us don’t judge ourselves well. Some of us are too hard on ourselves and others are too easy. And many of us are both, on different issues. Beyond that, it’s difficult to see ourselves clearly. So we need people who can look at our lives and give us an honest external opinion. Sadly, many of our friends and family are not qualified to do this because of their own junk. When you find someone who does this well, you have found pure gold!

~ Paul – I’m XY, and Lori and I do fairly well with each other on this. But it took time!

❤️  #Couple’sQuestion: You just whispered in your spouse’s ear. What did you say?

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