Dare:
Willingly choose to give into in an area of disagreement between David and me. Tell him I putting his preference first.
Okay, so I give in all the time. I often go places I don't want to go. BUT, the key word here is willingly. That's the part that's missing. I will look for the next opportunity to go with or do something for David that I would normally do grudgingly. I won't be thinking inside, I wish we weren't doing this, or I'd rather do this. I will think about the opportunity to be with my spouse doing something with/for him.
Result:
Well, I ended up with 1/2 day off. David always gets home around 10:30. David normally comes home and falls asleep, getting bored. When I'm home he wants to go places. NormallyI fudge because I get home so late. I knew David would want to go places. I just determined that we were going to be going places. It made it so much easier when we went out. We stopped at our friend's house then for a drive. Not my favorite activity, butI just thought of it as an opportuity to be with David. You know what, I wasn't irritated at the least. Also, since I know me commenting on David's driving irritates him, I worked on that too. It was a pleasant drive. I am already a happier person and enjoy being around David so much more, even though he hasn't changed one bit.
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