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I'm not blaming Christianity or religion in general. It was more just an easy way to explain my up bringing. I definitely didn't save myself for marriage either. The thing that stuck was marriage as goal. My dad was and is the leader of our home. I just missed that in trying to make my wife...

Isolation is definitely one of the main topics we argue about. And I'm doing as much as I can to ease her pain in that area. That is exactly why I'm wanting her to get a job or something off base. It's still Japan so it would be the difference of moving from Hawaii to southern Missouri would...

Well, she has self esteem issues. It was a red flag before we got married, but she seemed to be overcoming it. And to a point, she has. But it's still there and living on base, having no friends and only knowing limited English does not help. Hench why I want her to get a job off base. I...

I belive it can be saved as well. I have really stepped back and looked at my life as if it were someone else's and asked myself, "what advice would I give them?" That's when I quickly realized I need to get a hold on this before it's too late.

Yes, we have sat down, set our emotions aside and looked at what we really see as the issues in our marriage. What we found: Language Barrier - signing up for Japanese/English classes next month How much we (mainly me) are on our phones - no phones at dinner or when we are watching TV...

Thank you for the input. Maybe I should have made a more informative post into our life for better understanding. I was 24 and she was 23 when we got married. She is Japanese and I am American. The language barrier was a big issue in our relationship. However, we talked about that and have...

So I've started reading, or rather listening to, The Rational Male. Man, has it flipped my world upside-down. I consider myself a pretty logical guy, so I was and am able to open my mind to the ideas that are being set forth in the book and seeing how many things that I have been wrong about for...