There is a lot of romance around being a “daddy’s girl,” yet it is falsely assumed these girls, as adults, have it better than those who had more distant or non-existent relationships with their fathers.
Lack of proper communication remains an undisputed reason for divorce in SA. There are some many noises – both internally and externally – that can cause clutter in how you interact as a couple. But few are as toxic, even abusive, as these four:
Being married to someone who believes they are always right is being in a controlling and manipulative relationship. It’s frustrating and disempowering.
Forgiveness does not mean condoning or tolerating bad behaviour that goes unchecked. We have to mature and outgrow our selfishness otherwise we abuse the essence of what unconditional love is.
We need to stop telling people their relationships are failing because they haven’t met some mysterious “right” person, because often that’s not the case at all.