Sentences with phrase «husbands bid for their attention»
Wives headed for divorce act preoccupied with other activities when their husbands bid for their attention 50 % of the time, while happily married wives act preoccupied in response to their husbands» bids just 14 % of the time.
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At this moment, she is making a bid for her husband's attention and hoping that her husband responds by acknowledging her warmly.
As Dr. Gottman writes, «a husband and wife are continually making bids for each other's attention — introducing a conversation topic, implicitly asking a favor, etc. — and the most successful couples are the ones who continually «turn toward» their partners.»