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Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away
Gary Chapman
3.92 (1027 Reviews)
Relationship
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When your marriage feels impossible, Gary Chapman offers real hope. This revised bestseller tackles depression, abuse, and infidelity with tough love and practical boundaries. Praised for its "reality living" approach, it's helping countless couples rediscover connection when walking away seems easier.

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When Your Marriage Feels Like a Dead End

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What happens when the person you vowed to love forever becomes someone you can barely stand? When the thought of coming home fills you with dread rather than anticipation? Thousands of couples wake up each day trapped in marriages that feel more like prisons than partnerships. They've tried everything-counseling, self-help books, heart-to-heart talks, even screaming matches-yet nothing seems to work. The relationship that began with such promise has descended into a valley of disappointment, frustration, and quiet desperation. Here's the uncomfortable truth: most people stay in miserable marriages not because they want to, but because they feel they have no choice. Religious beliefs, concern for children, financial constraints, or fear of starting over keep them locked in relationships that drain rather than energize them. But what if the problem isn't the marriage itself, but the myths we believe about it? What if there's a way forward that doesn't involve either silent suffering or the devastation of divorce?

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The Lies That Keep You Trapped

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The Spouse Who Chooses Work Over Everything

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Living with Darkness: Depression in Marriage

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Reclaiming Your Marriage, Reclaiming Your Life

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