1. Keep initial request on a private list. Once here, please describe your issue in 1 or 2 sentences.
  2. Please make your request specific, reasonable, affirmative & bitesized. Give your spouse a clear, actionable path of behavior leading to your heart.
  3. Please try your best to cover 1 issue at a time. The only thing close to a 2nd issue is the “Please Help Me” piece. Other than that, come back next week or at least tomorrow, for the next issue.
  4. Please note that almost all agreements are unilateral. Track your own integrity, not your spouses.
  5. With the above in mind, spaces for issues and requests are small by design.

Example

Issue Kids need more time with you
Request Please spend 30 minutes with kids when you get home from work_
Husband Agreement Done. I’ll do it._
Husband’s “Please Help Me”: Would you remind me when I get home?
Wife’s Agreement: ****Done. I’ll do it, when I can (if I’m home)__

Wife’s Issues & Requests

Issue
Request
Husband Agreement
Husband’s “Please Help Me”:
Wife’s Agreement:
Issue
Request
Husband Agreement
Husband’s “Please Help Me”:
Wife’s Agreement:
Issue
Request
Husband Agreement
Husband’s “Please Help Me”:
Wife’s Agreement:

Wife’s Issues & Requests

Issue
Request
Husband Agreement
Husband’s “Please Help Me”:
Wife’s Agreement:
Issue
Request
Husband Agreement
Husband’s “Please Help Me”:
Wife’s Agreement:
Issue
Request
Husband Agreement
Husband’s “Please Help Me”:
Wife’s Agreement: