I'm not very good at
pretending everything is wonderful when it's not.
What if he's the one
pretending everything's fine now, but is secretly miserable, just hanging in there hoping the love will return?
If you're marriage has become something other than a rewarding, loving partnership, then it's time you stop
pretending everything will fix itself.
And when you're deceptive — even if it's simply in
pretending everything is alright to avoid conflict — «trust and commitment will erode away,» as the Gottman Institute tells Verily.
Most people grow up learning to use one or two coping techniques, such as bottling up emotions, or putting on a smiling mask and
pretending everything is okay.
Obviously, you want to choose the right audience and the appropriate amount of detail to share, but
pretending everything's fine when it isn't, only hurts you.
At that point, you've reached an impass... and the one who wants marriages gets tired of
pretending everything is ok, and that it «doesn't matter.»
I've been realising that rather than be embarrassed of my reaction to just let it be what it is, in honesty and openness (rather than
pretending everything is fine) and to let my husbands acceptance of me bring another small layer of healing... Small things often point to something so much bigger for us and like you said it is often much more about our own shame than the actual offence.
Dictating to me, patronizing me,
pretending everything is settled, massaging the message: none of this has worked so far, and it won't work in the future.
Your honesty in sharing the not - so - good results that sometimes can occur is laudable, (rather than sweeping them under the carpet and
pretending everything is always going to produce a perfect outcome first time.)
And all the while it was misleading the public by
pretending everything was fine.
Both of these often parallel topics are ones that I feel a little more called to having a conversation about with friends over a good meal, rather than brushing them under the table and
pretending everything is just okay.
Most white - knuckle their way through,
pretending everything's fine while they're dying inside.
Sure, those things do exist, but in the end, Christians are called to fight injustice, poverty, inequality and to help the weak and poor — this demands embracing reality instead of
pretending everything is OK.
Joy is born, not from
pretending everything is fine, but from holding both hope and truth together.
Pretend everything is fine?
«I think a lot of times, we have that sort of feeling that we only have one of two options, which is to either double down and
pretend everything's fine and stuff your questions down and your doubts and things where you feel like maybe it doesn't add up or you feel like you don't belong anymore.»
And most of the time, it's easier to pose for a perfect profile picture and
pretend everything is always OK.
He knew but
pretended everything was fine.
If we win, this will be just prolonging Wengers stay here, because he will dismiss the two man city loses straight away, and
pretend everything is good.
It just saddens my heart when people want to
pretend everything is okay when things are in reality, very bad.
It's up to the fans to keep Emirates empty and display dissatisfaction and not to
pretend everything is okay again after he inevitably strings together 2 wins
It's impossible to say what's its like for everyone, but for those individuals other there that «lost» a family, life is forever ruined, sorry sorry, let
's all pretend everything is OK, resilient, move on, the sun will come out tomorow!
Many are having affairs as they pass the cranberry sauce and
pretend everything's OK.
I slapped on a smile and
pretended everything was OK, because I was supposed to be grateful for my new child.
I can decide to turn a blind eye to the situation since I do not live there nor hail from there, but it is impossible for me to
pretend everything is okay.
I can't, in good conscience,
pretend everything is great.
«It's important we don't ignore the history of these biennials,» said Stovall, «that we don't
pretend everything is perfect and wonderful.»
I have spoken with him about seeing a proffessional but he is the type that thinks he does not need help his mum and dad are not very supportive of him in that way he was brought up to hide his feelings and work things out on his own his mum is the same and his dad
pretends everything is ok and the sun always shines.
You can try to
pretend everything is fine because you don't want to burden them.
Some couples
pretend everything is fine because they do not want to feel judged or persecuted; meanwhile, their relationship is crumbling at their feet.
It is so because most of us are ashamed to confess a marriage issue to friends and family as we proudly
pretend everything is ok.
i have a chronic illness so in public i often
pretend everything is ok just bc of people's reactions, i don't feel like i should have to do that in my own home and when i entertain, i feel like i have to.
I pretended everything was fine, but I was miserable.
Not exact matches
You may think that
pretending you know
everything, even when you don't, makes you come across as smarter.
Outstanding leaders don't
pretend to know
everything.
We're trying not to
pretend we know
everything right away.
«You are the most diverse class in Northeastern's history — in other words, you are Donald Trump's worst nightmare... I think that
everything that we've lived and learned tells us that we will never come out on top if we accept advice from soundbite salesmen and carnival barkers who
pretend the most powerful country on Earth can remain great by looking inward and hiding behind walls at a time that technology has made that impossible to do and unwise to even attempt.
If you make $ 100,000 a year at your day job,
pretend you make ZERO so that you give
everything you've got to find other income sources.
Branch Davidians were all about giving
everything, even their children to be raped, to the guy
pretending to be Jesus.
Its all nice and fun to
pretend that perhaps a meteor strike caused life to begin but you still fail to tell me who created that meteor, who created
everything that was needed for life to exist... really... that had to of been a start to it all somewhere and I would love to see an atheist stumble on explaining only «what they claim to know» while refusing to believe what they don't know and can't see.
Only a child or a fool
pretends that their imaginary friend will make
everything okay.
I repeat, I don't
pretend to know
everything.
They
pretend that
everything's okay, that «God» will make sure it's okay.
Everything that they are against, they are doing behind closed doors and
pretending that they are devout christians.
Stop
pretending to know
everything when obviously you don't have a damn clue... you're an arrogant bigot hiding behind religion to give you a free pass for being one.
So if you want to believe that
everything comes from nothing because of nothing and will once again become nothing for no reason whatsoever than be my guest, but please do not
pretend that your narrow point of view makes you more intelligent than a Christian.
It means further that we are allowed to weep, we need not
pretend that we can get over
everything keeping a stiff upper lip, we may well be completely bewildered, unable to produce a harmony out of all the contradictions and dissonances of our life.
It's built into the fabric of
everything, and to
pretend like things in your marriage won't naturally break down without maintenance is to fool yourself.
On the other hand religion likes to
pretend, although we all know it does nt, it clings to old ways because god has seen
everything and knows how we should live therefore nothing needs to change.