Love Must Be Tough: New Hope for Marriages in CrisisYou've forgiven a thousand times. You've bent over backwards to make your partner feel loved and accepted. But the only reward for your loyalty has been anger, indifference, infidelity, or abuse. Your spouse may even be ready to walk out the door. Do you feel like all is lost? Are you ready to give up? There IS still hope. Dr. James Dobson's “tough love” principles have proven to be uniquely valuable and effective. Unlike most approaches to marriage crisis, the strategy in this groundbreaking classic does not require the willing cooperation of both spouses. Love Must Be Tough offers the guidance that gives you the best chance of rekindling romance, renewing your relationship, and drawing your partner back into your arms. |
Contents
Publishers Preface | |
Panic and Appeasement | |
Young Love True Love | |
The Tougher Questions | |
Three Women Who Tried | |
Victims of Affairs A Dialogue | |
Discussion of the Dialogue | |
Anatomy of Adultery | |
Loving Toughness in Other Settings | |
Angry Women and Passive | |
Components of a Good Marriage | |
With More Love to the Victims | |
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