TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruchti,Cynthia
AU  - Melby,Becky
TI  - Spouse in the house: rearranging our attitudes to make room for each other 
SN  - 9780825446788
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Kregel Publications
KW  - Marital conflict
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Married people
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Interpersonal conflict
KW  - Interpersonal relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "Whether by choice, a side benefit of working from home (reality for more and more couples), a health need, job layoff, a by-product of retirement, temporary circumstance or permanent, when a husband and wife find themselves occupying the same space for prolonged periods of time, the bliss of marriage can form blisters. They rub each other the wrong way, find there's not enough oxygen in the house for both of them, and trip over each other's physical and emotional stuff. Are we reduced to putting up with it, tolerating the fact that he throws shadows on her kitchen work space or that she resents his sleeping in-a privilege he feels he earned? Is there no solution to the ways the walls close in when a space once considered "his" or "hers" isn't? And it isn't quite "theirs," either? Drawing from their own HHATT Club experience (He's Home All The Time) and from listening to men and women across the country who mourn that they can't bring themselves to celebrate that much togetherness, Melby and Ruchti dive into the root causes of the discomfort, what God's Word has to say about it, and practical tips for learning the spiritual, emotional, relational, and even physical dance steps that can replace impatience or irritation with peace"--
ER  -