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When Jealousy Appears in Wife-Led Marriage

When Jealousy Appears in Wife-Led Marriage

Jealousy is inevitable here, and pretending it isn’t is pointless. What helps instead is understanding exactly what’s happening to you: the same feeling that seems unbearable is the source of the edge. It isn’t the enemy; it’s fuel.

The highest point is compersion: when it feels good to you that it feels good to her. It doesn’t arrive on command or right away; it grows out of experience and trust. The first times it will burn.

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