gottman.com
2024-02-08
Have you ever had a "make-or-break" moment in your marriage? As in, whatever decision you make will change things in a big way?
Here is the set up: A hospital, a newborn baby, me (still recovering from labor), and my husband (with big news).
Essentially, we were still in the hospital, basking in the glow of becoming new-born parents, when my husband received news of a BIG promotion at work. We were thrilled by this news!
Or, rather, we were thrilled up until the moment when my husband revealed (later) that accepting the position would require both of us to quit our jobs, and move to... Utah.
At first I thought he was joking. But I quickly realized that whatever I said right then, would change things "in a big way."
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