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How can I talk to my wife about her cell phone use without causing defensiveness? It's hard for me to push through that and for us to get through that barrier.
You're never going to get through that barrier until you'll deal with the way you treated her in the past. What up, what up, what up? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney Show, taking your calls about your relationships. Your marriages, your kids, your emotional and mental health, whatever you got going on in your life.
For 20 years, 20 plus years, man, I've been sitting with hurting people trying to figure out what's the next right move when everything's falling apart. Give me a buzz at 1-844-693-3291 or go to johndeloney.com slash ask, A-S-K. Fill out the form or leave a message and we'll holler back or let you. Love to have you on the show. Let's go out to Denver, Colorado. Denver CEO and talk to Martin.
What's up, Martin?
Hey, how you doing today? I'm doing all right, brother. How about you, man? I'm doing well. Thank you for having me on your show. I really appreciate it. Absolutely, man. What's up? So my question is, how can I talk to my wife about her cell phone use without causing defensiveness?
That's my favorite question of the day so far, Martin. Um, without causing defensiveness, why is that your goal?
Um, so there's a lot of, uh, background to, to the question. Um, okay, let it rip. So the first half of the first eight or nine years of our marriage were very, uh, emotionally abusive from my side and it caused a lot of walls, um, between us.
Okay.
And, um, When I would come home from work and I would see if the house is dirty or things that weren't the way I wanted them, and I would notice that maybe she was on her phone, I would automatically say, well, you've been on your phone for multiple hours. Why haven't you been cleaning the house? And that has led to other conversations, to other areas of our marriage.
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