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The four horsemen: the four habits Gottman saw before a divorce
John Gottman named four habits of a fight after the four riders of the end of the world in the Bible's Book of Revelation, because they came again and again before a divorce. One of them hides in a roll of the eyes.
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A week later, a burnt pan sits in the sink. Miva sees it: "You're so careless." That is a criticism again: it is about you, not about the pan.
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John Gottman gave a name to four habits that showed up again and again in couples who later divorced: the four horsemen, after the four riders of the end of the world in the Bible's Book of Revelation. Criticism is the first. The other three are on their way.
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