waybread
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AppLeo, this saying goes back to the Bible, if not earlier, but it's "Don't criticize the speck in your brother's eye when you fail to notice the beam in your own eye. (Mat. 7:3.)
Without making a sermon out of it, I actually don't have a problem with a gripe session on an Internet forum if griping about their spouse is all that people want to do. But the article linked in this OP was about how people who couldn't afford a psychologist were turning to astrologers as a cheaper alternative. In this case, the clients are probably struggling with a personal problem that they hope to solve, not just ventilate at $100 per hour
I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that people talking about marital problems would like to improve their lives, one way or another. I've been married 2x, for a total of 42 years. In my experience, placing all of the blame on one's partner without acknowledging one's own flaws is not a helpful way to improve a marriage.
While divorce is normally an option, if we don't honestly look at the problems we bring to a relationship, we're apt to repeat the same mistakes the next time around.
Without making a sermon out of it, I actually don't have a problem with a gripe session on an Internet forum if griping about their spouse is all that people want to do. But the article linked in this OP was about how people who couldn't afford a psychologist were turning to astrologers as a cheaper alternative. In this case, the clients are probably struggling with a personal problem that they hope to solve, not just ventilate at $100 per hour
I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that people talking about marital problems would like to improve their lives, one way or another. I've been married 2x, for a total of 42 years. In my experience, placing all of the blame on one's partner without acknowledging one's own flaws is not a helpful way to improve a marriage.
While divorce is normally an option, if we don't honestly look at the problems we bring to a relationship, we're apt to repeat the same mistakes the next time around.