Not exact matches
Teigen has gotten more
than her share of
criticism since late last year when she and
husband John Legend announced they were expecting their first baby.
In couples heading for divorce, the wife's opening statement is usually made in the form of a
criticism (a global attack on the
husband's character such as, «You're lazy and never do anything around the house») rather
than a specific complaint («You didn't take out the trash last night»).
No matter how tumultuous your relationship has been, it's often hard for a
husband or wife to see a request for marriage counseling as anything other
than criticism or a threat.
In terms of acceptance, working wives accept less spousal
criticisms than working
husbands (5.3 % vs. 7.4 %).
Concerning the avoidance of
criticisms, it seems that
husbands are more inclined to ignore spousal
criticisms than wives (17.3 % vs. 4.0 %), which, to some extent, can be regarded as an indicator that working
husbands are more inclined to avoid getting into conjugal antagonism.
That wives» tendencies to be unkind (
criticism or rejection are cited as examples) rather
than kind during problem - solving discussions with their
husbands predicted more stable relationship satisfaction over four years is interesting, but not enough is known about the characteristics of the
husbands and the roles they played in the problem - solving discussions!