Etiquette and manners matters a lot in any relationship. This is true both when you are with your spouse and also whenever either of you is in contact with any other person. The following actions are the most common ways couples show disrespect to each other in public.
Ignoring
each other: Ignoring your partner is a sin of omission and leaves them
feeling not valued by you or your friends.
Putting down
each other in public: Couples can tease each other from time to time, but when it
progresses to hurtful comments, it can wound a relationship. Spouses know each
other’s sore points all too well. By putting the down whether in public or
private – the message conveyed is, “Don’t count on me to support you.
Interrupting
each other: Interrupting your spouses is disrespectful, demeans them and
makes them feel like their comment is not worth hearing. Most of the time this
habit is apparent to everyone accept the person doing the interruption. Spouses
need to practice letting each other finish their statements before making their
own comments or observations.
Failing to
introduce your spouse: Introductions matter – and not just at parties.
Be
all-inclusive in public: Don’t let your couple-dom dominate other people. A floors
show in which you entertain your fellow guests with anecdotes about your life
together, your mishaps, your home and family is just another way to make
everyone else excluded. Concentrate on looking outwards, not turning inwards.
Don’t cling together in social situations. Hand-holding, touching, huddling
together... this body language will send out the message that you’re an
impregnable couple, with no interest in anyone else.
Fighting in
Public: If tension are growing, read the signs and take it home.
Nobody should be forced to witness the spectacle of fighting couple.
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