When people get together Cheap Nick Leddy Hat , either in a relationship or in any kind of group situation, they make certain agreements with each other.
In the workplace we usually agree to be on time, to work hard, to be as productive as possible.
In a marriage, we agree to be sexually faithful Cheap John Tavares Hat , to be honest, to be supportive.
When people create a partnership (of any kind), agreements are an essential ingredient to the partnership. We may not sit down and list out all of these agreements, but these agreements are there. They may not have been put in writing, they may not even have been formally agreed upon Cheap Andrew Ladd Hat , but they do exist.
When we do something that violates any of these agreements, we KNOW that we锟絭e done so. We may try to convince ourselves that 锟絠t was unavoidable锟?or 锟絫hey deserved it.锟?It doesn锟絫 matter. We know that we锟絭e done something that, in some way, has violated an agreement of the relationship.
Some of these broken agreements are more serious than others. The husband might锟絭e been out with another woman that night he said he was working late. Or the wife may锟絭e transferred a chunk of money to an account the husband knows nothing about.
We have all heard the term 锟絫ransgression.锟?Simply stated: a transgression is a broken agreement.
Usually, the more serious the transgression Cheap Anthony Beauvillier Hoodie , the less willing we are to talk about it. We tend to accumulate these transgressions over a period of time AND too often we keep them to ourselves.
Committing these transgressions is one thing. Then withholding (not communicating) what we did锟絫his combination can have a very negative effect on a relationship.
When one spouse (or boyfriend, girlfriend, employee, etc.) commits too many transgressions, the result is a lessened willingness to communicate. And from this condition Cheap Casey Cizikas Hoodie , all kinds of other problems show up. But what came first was a transgression(s).
Now, there is another type of transgression. These are things that we should锟絭e done, but we didn锟絫. These 锟給missions锟?have a similar adverse effect.
Example: let锟絪 say the kids are fighting and the mom knows that she should go in and break it up. But she decides not to and one of the kids breaks a lamp. Had the mom gone in and settled things down, we锟絛 still have a good lamp. She 锟給mitted锟?to take the action of breaking up the fight.
Example: the father notices that the older daughter has some signs of taking drugs. The father knows what these telltale signs are and the daughter is exhibiting some of these signs. But he ignores them. He doesn锟絫 sit down with his daughter and have a heart-to-heart with her. Instead he thinks, 锟絤aybe I didn锟絫 really see what I thought I saw.锟?Or he figures 锟絥ah Cheap Adam Pelech Hoodie , not my daughter.锟?
A few weeks later, the daughter gets arrested with some of her friends. Drugs are involved. The father 锟給mitted锟?to sit down with his daughter and get into sufficient communication with her to determine that 1) she is not involved with drugs in any way or 2) if she is, he works with her to get this resolved!
I am not trying to give you examples of what may be happening to you. I just want you to understand how this type of transgression can occur. The person knows he or she should take some action and then doesn锟絫.
Perhaps the husband knew his wife needed some help one night. She was coughing and coughing, but the husband pretended to be asleep not wanting to get up and help her. This 锟給mitted action锟?is a type of transgression.
These transgressions involve things that we should have done but didn锟絫 锟絘nd they have a similar negative effect that the other type of transgression has.
So we锟絭e got two basic transgression types:
1) Those things we did that we know we should NOT have done.
2) Those things we didn锟絫 do that we know we SHOULD锟絍E done.
When a person has committed too many of these transgressions, he or she often feels the need to make the other person look bad. A few examples:
锟絀 don锟絫 come home on time anymore because my wife gained 30 pounds and just isn锟絫 the same woman I married!锟?
锟絀 had the affair because my stupid husband wasn锟絫 paying attention to me!锟?
锟絀 spent all that money on the cellular phone because my insensitive husband doesn锟絫 talk to me anymore!锟?
锟組y wife used to make me great dinners. Now she can锟絫 cook her way out of a paper bag!锟?
锟絀 was a fool when I married you!锟?
There are all kinds of ways that a person justifies their own transgressions Cheap Calvin De Haan Hoodie , but that is all it is 锟?justification.
When you hear someone being very critical of another person (spouse, brother, father, boss, employee Cheap Jaroslav Halak Hoodie , etc.), what do you know? More often than not, you know that this person has accumulated too many transgressions that have not been communicated.
When people are critical of another person (or group) AND they have a good, clean intention to resolve things, that锟絪 one thing. It锟絪 understandable to criticize as long as we make a real effort to fix what we think is wrong.
When we are simply criticizing and we do not have the intention to work things out Cheap Brock Nelson Hoodie , then we simply have too many concealed transgressions.
An employee who is leaving his job and is hyper-critical of his boss or his co-workers is an employee who has committed hisher share of transgressions.
How many times have we heard one spouse complain incessantly about the other spouse? It can be so easy to sympathize with this spouse. But sympathy rarely resolve things.
THE Number One reason relationships fail is broken agreements (transgressions).