How can we be authentic with friends, but still honor our spouses, especially when we have marital struggles?
As soon as the words left my mouth, I knew I shouldn’t have said them. Some women responded by nodding sympathetically, and others smiled uncomfortably.
I had just complained about my husband in my small group, and predictably, another woman spoke up to empathize. Instead of feeling that I had gotten something off my chest, I just felt rotten. Thankfully, the group I belong to is a force of good in the world, and someone tactfully changed the tenor of the conversation to a more uplifting discussion about the differences between men and women.