Starved for Affection (Focus on the Family)

I have always felt that I had a "good" marriage. Sure we had up and down times, but overall I felt things were going pretty well. However, the last year has been difficult for us and I was feeling less respect and love for my wife, and that scared me. I wanted to (and she reluctantly agreed to) go to counseling. That revealed many areas in our relationship that were "broken" and I was pretty shocked to hear how my wife felt about things. She basically didn't love me anymore and didn't want to prolong the inevitable. I was panicked. I started to read as many marriage books as I could get my hands on. I saw an individual counselor to help with some issues and dealing with the rejection I felt. I changed behaviors. I tried many different things.While I cannot say this is the best Marriage book I have read (to me, the best one is "The Marriage Turnaround"), it is one that I felt was very helpful for me to understand how things in our marriage went along the path that they did. That understanding was really helpful for me to understand why I did some of the things I did, and why my wife was doing some of the things she was doing. I feel that having this understanding could help many couples and I have given this book to a couple of friends who seem to have similar things happening in their marriages.I would recommend this book for anyone who is in a relationship that used to be good, but that seems to just slowly get worse over the years. It will help you to realize why that is happening and give you some advice about how to change things. It has definitely helped me to understand why we were both doing some of the things that we were doing and has also helped me to change some of the behaviors that were not helping my marriage.

Thought provoking

Bought this book for my daughter and her husband. It could have really helped them. I started reading it myself and decided it was too Christian, They probably wouldn't read it so I took notes from the book eliminating the overtly Christian speak, but passing on the great content about how to show affection, tenderness and respect. Hoping they take the advice to heart.

Wow, this is one of those must read books for couples. Although both sides often say they are starved for affection, understanding what that actually means and how it can be addressed is clearly explained in page after page of examples that every couple can relate too. Both husband and wife must read this, and have honest discussion. That is true for any book, but this one hits a topic that can make a huge difference in a marriage.

I love Dr. Carlson, the Intentional Living Center and focus on the family materials. Biblical insight, helpful info!!

I thought this book was right on and helped to get to the core of the misery that can be in marriages that were designed to provide companionship but instead bring loneliness. This was a great book that brought comfort to my current situation.

I am really enjoying the book, at first I was thinking nothing is going to change, but I was wrong, my attitude is changing and so is my husband changing

We read this book in our couples Sunday school class. It was enlightening for all of us. We laughed together and shared together. Each of us felt like the book was written just for us. A great read.

I’m a believer but the volume of biblical references were way too much for me.I’m sure there was a lot of good stuff that I missed because I skimmed ahead of the sermon.Could not recommend it.