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July 29, 2012

Man Woman Truth Radio Monday, July 30, 2012: Boundaries and Big Brass Balls

Hey everyone, we’re baaaaaaaack! After an extended absence, Man, Woman, Truth Radio will return to BlogTalkRadio on Monday, July 30, at 9:00 pm, Eastern Time. U.S., which is July 31 at 2:00 am in the city hosting the Olympics and July 31, at 11:00 am in Brisbane. SHOW PAGE On this show, we will be […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healing, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Shrink4Men Radio, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: boundaries, Dr Tara Palmatier, financial abuse, hostile dependency, Man Woman Truth Radio, Paul Elam, women who refuse to grow up, women who refuse to work

July 17, 2012

Brass Balls Award: Husband Sets Boundaries with Slacker Wife and Tells Her to Grow Up and Get a Job

 This article focuses on the recent stellar boundary setting of one of the Shrink4MenForum’s newest members. Let’s call him “Earl.” Earl joined the Forum primarily because his wife has been spending their family into debt. She’s also been chronically underemployed or unemployed, by her own choice, for the majority of their 15-year marriage. Naturally, Earl’s wife had a career […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Financial Abuse, Professional Victims Tagged With: boundaries, entitled women, entitlement, financial abuse, financially irresponsible wife, hostile dependency, Shrink4Men Forum, stay-at-home-mom, women who refuse to work

June 7, 2011

Hostile Dependency: Is your Abusive Wife, Girlfriend or Ex a Child in the Body of an Adult?

Does your wife or girlfriend believe it is your responsibility to take care of her emotionally, physically and financially? Worse yet, does your ex-wife or ex-girlfriend believe the same despite the fact your relationship is over? If so, you may be dealing with hostile dependency. The Root of the Problem Children rely on their parents […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abused men, abusive personality-disordered individuals, abusive women, adolescence, antisocial personality disorder, APDI, attachment disorders, attachment issues, borderline personality disorder, childhood development, dependency, HCP, high-conflict people, high-conflict women, histrionic personality disorder, hostile dependency, hostility, identity consolidation, individuation, mature time perspective, narcissistic personality disorder, passive-aggressive, personality consolidation, resentment, sexual identity, sexual maturation, woman-child, women who refuse to grow up, women who refuse to work

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