By Creshawna Parker
Okay, so you and your husband dated, fell in love, got married, had a few kids and now you realize that he’s no longer the person he was when you first married him. Sound familiar? What happened to the man you once knew? Don’t fret; change is very common among couples. Things you once desired out of the relationship are no longer the things you need as your relationship progresses. It’s healthy for couples to grow as individuals, but sometimes it’s hard to adjust to the change, and the person we once married becomes a stranger sleeping in our bed, walking around our house and kissing us “hello and good-bye” every morning. Therapist and author Dr. Steven Craig speaks more about this in his new book, The Six Husbands Every Wife Should Have advocating that successful relationships should be viewed as fluid entities that are made by continually maturing people. In his practice and in the book, he teaches couples who are at various stages in their relationship to learn how to adapt to every stage they experience together. Here are some points we discussed with him:
