My partner has some controlling tendencies, and it definitely puts a strain on our marriage. We’ve been focusing on trust in our therapy sessions. Anyone else have to overcome this? Would love to hear your experiences.

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Not sure what level of control you’re experiencing but at the beginning of my marriage I struggled with control in many micro ways but I recognized I was headed towards a of death by a thousand paper cuts with my demands. Expecting the house to be kept a certain way, making plans for us, controlling vacations, etc. it took some self reflection to realize I was pushing my expectations on someone who is just trying to live life the first time like me. I kind of just had to drop my standards on some things. Is it worth it to nag about a water bottle on the counter? I wish it wasn’t there but sadly, there are just things I can’t change and I just need to deal with it because at the end of the day, it’s just a water bottle on the counter and is that something to fight over?

We also went to a marriage retreat and did the four lenses exercise and that was a massive eye opener. What problems I thought were just my husband’s actions and I’d take as a personal attack are actually an entire personality style. He’s outgoing and spontaneous whereas I need a plan and process. Learning and seeing this is a personality and not him ignoring my preferences helped. And also taught me how to speak up and work together, we even reference the color personalities they give “honey as a gold personality i need a plan and your orange is really showing when you X” that’s worth looking into and seeing if you can understand your personalities and how they mesh together and where you need to give and take to make the other feel comfortable.

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