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They use the examples and explanations to justify not making important adjustments that could make a relationship work better.

With new insight you have the added wisdom and power to change your approach rather than seeking to change your partner.Ī few people misuse the concepts in this book. With better communication you can more effectively give the support you seek, and in return, you will be more successful in getting the support you want as well.

With new insight, you have the added wisdom and power to adjust your approach. Your job is to change the ways you communicate, react, and respond to your partner. You cannot, nor should you ever try to, change your partner. Instead, this healthy adaptation is based on real insight that helps us to understand our partners better and respond in ways that are more loving and will inspire the best in them. Increasing tolerance for our differences does not mean passive acceptance of a problematic or passionless relationship. Gaining a better understanding of where your partner is coming from will certainly make your relationships easier. With increasing stresses at work and with higher expectations of lasting romance at home, relationships today are challenging for almost everyone. Gender insight helps us to be more tolerant and forgiving when someone doesn’t respond the way we think he or she should. Fortunately perfection is not a requirement for creating great relationships. If anything, this book helps us to be more tolerant and forgiving when someone doesn’t respond the way we think he or she should. I may be an expert about gender differences and communication, but Bonnie and my daughters are still sometimes a mystery to me.

I can more correctly interpret her words and reactions and know better how to respond. The difference today is that I am more tolerant, accepting, and understanding.

The same issues that would frustrate me twenty-three years ago in my relationship with my wife, Bonnie, are the same issues that occasionally come up today. Without these new insights I don’t think I would be happily married today or be such a dedicated father to my children. This book has truly helped millions of readers, myself included.