1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,400 S1: Authentic relationships require honesty. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,320 S2: Doctor Gary Chapman with a love language minute. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,840 S1: Bill said to his wife, Martha, I have felt for 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,920 S1: a long time that you don't love me. I felt 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,600 S1: that you demand many things from me, but give me 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,040 S1: little of your affection. So I feel angry and cold 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,960 S1: towards you. I pray that we can learn to be 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,040 S1: open and work through our problems. I do not want 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,080 S1: to be controlled by my negative feelings. Was this painful 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:33,239 S1: for Martha to hear? Absolutely. But Bill is giving her 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,319 S1: valuable information. If she wants to restore the marriage, she 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,400 S1: will choose to listen and seek to understand his feelings. 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,159 S1: If she allows her own defensive feelings to control her, 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:51,040 S1: they will simply have another fight. Listening leads to understanding. 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,760 S2: Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of The Five Love Languages. 16 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,880 S2: For more, visit five Love Languages. Com.