Q&A What Is the Best Way to Acknowledge the Work My Husband Is Doing Without Giving Him Too Much Praise?

Submitted by Rick_Reynolds Fri, 06/16/2023 - 09:58

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I really appreciate the work my husband is doing and I want to acknowledge it. But, I don’t want to give him too much praise because in the past he has used praise as a reason to either not work as hard or give himself a right to push focus towards other issues in the marriage.

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