Relationships are like farting. If you push too hard things could get messy real fast. ~ Kevin
Hart
You know me and my metaphors. I love this one.
You know those "silent but deadly farts" you and your brother giggled about for hours?
Yeah?
Well there's an equivalent kind of "fart" in every relationship.
It's the silent, unspoken, curiously nasty smell of secret
"disapproval, disappointment and dissatisfaction."
If one or more people in a relationship are holding the smoldering hot gases of disapproval, disappointment or dissatisfaction, you can bet it is silently hissing out of their pores.
YOU think you're clever. But everyone can smell it. And the wind is coming from your direction.
Why is this a "divorce predictor"?
Because it falls under the category of "judgment and contempt".
Gottman research shows an amazingly strong correlation between relationship farts and impending
divorce.
I don't need to explain it to you. I think you know exactly what it smells like if your wife is oozing that nasty gas
And you hate
it, don't you? Makes you want to fart back doesn't it? Makes you want to start a "fart war".
Don't do it.
What if you knew how to not only suppress your
farts, but how to change your THINKING so the fart doesn't form in the first place?
I did a podcast recently with my friend and colleague Shana James who also works mostly with men in relationships with women.
We had a blast in this conversation. Let me know if you learn anything new or helpful.