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Matthew Oleson

yesterday at 1:25 PM

Fist off I would like to help with some errors I see with the grammar. Paragraph one: line one should have the word "of" after one and before the. Paragraph two: line one take the "s" off like, line two Specially should be Especially, line three add the "gh" to thou, line four says help, but should be held, line five says take "ing" off talking, line seven starts instead of started.

Besides that though, I like how you added the piece of sexual orientation. This is a very key point brought to this discussion. Relationships are not man/woman at all. This article can be beneficial for gay/lesbian couples as well. That's not to say that Deborah did anything wrong, only highlighted straight couples, but I wonder if some of the research would be different if she had included LGBT type relationships.

As far as the dinner table goes, and your newspaper reference, good luck! I guess that would be something to take day by day and hope for the best. I don't know if hiding his phone is the best option, I'm sure that makes him mad. Maybe trying a no phone at the table rule, something like that. I know that when my wife and I sit down at the table, we have sort of an un written rule like that, but my wife needs to be on call 24/7 for her job, so sometimes that rule gets tossed out the window. I of course am not perfect either, I pull mine out here and there, but try to engage with my family for most of the meal. 

How old are your children, is there much time after they go to bed for time together with your husband? I know that after our kids go to bed we try to have some time just ourselves for catching up on a show, talking etc. (this does not always work out that way, especially now that I am taking classes), but we do our best. Do you have time that you may set aside, maybe even every other day or something that you devote only to you and your husband? Then maybe you will be able to have more time to talk and have that closeness you referred to in the last chapter.