Tough Talk to a Stubborn Spouse

by Stephen Schwambach

Overview

Nine times out of ten, only one of the partners wants a divorce, and it's the same one every time: the stubborn one.

Someone gets divorced every 27 seconds. In almost every instance, at least one person desperately wants the marriage to stay together. You may be that person. Perhaps you're a child, a relative or friend, but your heart is breaking because someone for whom you care deeply is headed straight for divorce. You know they're about to destroy their life, but you haven't known what to do.

Now you can give your loved one this book. In TOUGH TALK TO A STUBBORN SPOUSE, bestselling author Stephen Schwambach pours decades of counseling and pastoring stubborn people into short, powerful chapters that will stimulate the thinking of husbands and wives.

One word of caution - the talk within this book is truly tough. It is so honest that at times it actually hurts to read it. But don't let that stop you. It could be the key that unlocks a desperate situation.

If you're the stubborn spouse, you owe yourself one last hard look at your marriage. To find out why, go to the introduction.

286 pages

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798215258521
Publisher:	1on1 Books
Publication date:	02/14/2023
Series:	1on1 Marriage , #1
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.64(d)

Table of Contents

	What Gives You the Right to Talk to Me Like This?
Part I	Read This First
1.	You're Wasting Your Time--I Won't Change My Mind!	15
2.	Divorce Isn't the End of the World	18
3.	I Have Grounds for Divorce	22
4.	I Have My Pride!	29
Part II	Communication
5.	My Spouse Won't Talk to Me	33
6.	We've Both Stopped Talking	38
7.	My Spouse Is a Liar	41
8.	We Have Nothing in Common	44
9.	All I Hear Is "Nag, Nag, Nag!"	49
10.	We Fight All the Time	53
Part III	Love and Sex
11.	I Don't Feel Loved	59
12.	I'm No Longer in Love	67
13.	My Spouse Is Sex-Crazed!	71
14.	I'm Not Getting Enough Sex	76
Part IV	Third Parties
15.	My Spouse Was Unfaithful	85
16.	I Was Unfaithful	91
17.	We've Both Cheated	94
18.	I'm in Love with Someone Else	97
19.	I Can Do Better!	102
20.	I Want Someone Younger	106
21.	I Just Want Someone I Can Enjoy Being With	107
22.	My Spouse's Parents Are Interfering	111
23.	My Parents Say I'm Right	113
24.	My Spouse's Friends Are Butting In	117
25.	My Friends Advise Me to Leave	120
Part V	Mistakes
26.	I Wasn't in Love When I Married	127
27.	We Got Married for the Wrong Reasons	131
28.	I Can't Forgive My Spouse	135
29.	My Spouse Refuses to Forgive Me	136
Part VI	Children and Religion
30.	We Can't Agree on the Kids	143
31.	I'm Sick and Tired of These Kids	146
32.	It Will Be Much Better for the Kids	150
33.	My Spouse Is Too Religious	158
34.	My Spouse Is a Heathen	162
Part VII	Personal Needs and Goals
35.	I'm Bored!	169
36.	I Just Want to Have Fun	173
37.	I'm Not Getting Any Younger	178
38.	I Can't Be Me in This Marriage	184
39.	I've Got to Be My Own Person	185
40.	It's My Turn to Get My Way!	187
41.	I Refuse to Stay Miserable for the Rest of My Life	193
Part VIII	Disgust with Spouse
42.	My Spouse Has Gone to Pot on Me	201
43.	My Spouse Is a Stick-in-the-Mud	204
44.	I've Grown But My Spouse Hasn't	205
45.	My Spouse Refuses to Meet My Needs	206
46.	My Spouse Doesn't Have the Ability to Meet My Needs	214
47.	My Spouse Is Selfish	217
48.	My Spouse Abuses Me	220
49.	I Hate My Spouse!	229
50.	My Spouse Is an Addict/Alcoholic	233
Part IX	Desperation
51.	It Just Isn't Working	245
52.	There's a Curse on This Marriage!	246
53.	I Feel Like Such a Failure	248
54.	I Feel Trapped	249
55.	The Pressure Is Too Great	252
56.	I'm Tired of Trying	254
57.	It's Too Late Now	257
58.	I've Been Hurt Too Deeply	262
59.	I Could Never Be the Person My Spouse Wants Me to Be	268
60.	I've Lost All Hope	272
Part X	Out of the Ashes
61.	How in the World Can I Save This Marriage?	279