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Why You Don’t Believe In Your Husband/Boyfriend’s Crazy Idea
Is it ever ok to lie to your partner?
“He’s got this incredible vision for the future, but the problem is that I just don’t believe in it. It feels like a pipe dream and I feel like I can’t tell him that.”
Her face was so earnest and I could tell how much she loved her Fiancé. He was a good man and she wanted kids. Because she was pushing 40 she was reluctant to find too much fault or take the risk of trying to start over with someone else.
She wanted to believe in him, but the vision he created (while inspiring) just felt unreal.
She told me about how he was struggling to get clients for his practice, how he’d sit on the couch for hours, how she had paid for coaching programs and consultants but despite her support he was floundering.
Of course she was already successful in their shared field which made his stuckness even harder to bear.
This wasn’t the first time I’ve seen this. A powerful, confident woman who loves a man who disappoints her and yet with all of her heart she wants to love or believe in him.
Why does this happen? Here’s what I’ve noticed . . .
