Tag: senior

Having been a clinical psychologist and gerontologist for over 30 years, I have learned that most people profoundly underestimate how difficult it is to change a behavior, no matter how much or often his/her/their partner tries to direct or shame them into doing so.

What senior couples (and couples younger than them) need to realize is that they must give up the belief that with enough urging, their mate will change; drop that annoying trait or two. Forget it. It’s just not going to happen.