Boneheads: Get Out of the Doghouse This Valentine's Day!

If you're like most guys, you've probably done a thousand dumb things this year that pissed your partner off. Maybe you forgot a birthday. Maybe you drank too much. Maybe you even had the nerve to exist at the wrong time of the month. If you're looking for a way out of the doghouse, Betsy Sansby--a marriage counselor from Minnesota--may have the perfect solution for you. Send your honey a Sorry Card, a free e-card available at Sansby's website: http://www.theouchkit.com. Then follow it up with a little dark chocolate, and you may not have to spend Valentine's Day alone after all.

(PRWEB) February 15, 2005 -- "The one thing I wish I could teach every man I know is how to offer a heartfelt apology when he's hurt someone's feelings," says Sansby. "Usually he makes things worse by defending the logic behind his actions." Apparently in matters of the heart, logic just won't work--especially with women. That's why Sansby created the OuchKit, an ingenious little communication tool that helps men say just the right things, in just the right order, from just the right distance.

The kit contains six unique kinds of exchangeable cards: Ouch, Sorry, Thanks, You're Welcome, I've Been Wondering, and Now That You Mention it. On the back of each card are fill-in-the-blank questions and checklists of emotions that will help a man figure out what he's feeling and express those feelings respectfully, without defensiveness or blame.    

"I continue to be amazed," says Sansby, "at what happens when a man gives his partner an Ouch or Sorry Card, instead of a verbal slap or a logical explanation for his hurtful behavior." Sansby is so convinced at the power of the cards to improve a relationship that she's giving them away in the form of free e-cards, now available at her website: www.TalkAboutRelationships.net. "The beauty of the cards," says Sansby "is that you don't even have to know what you're feeling in order to use them." The process of filling them out automatically uncovers hidden feelings and guarantees that whatever a person says will be expressed in a heartfelt and compassionate way.

The full 36-card kit is available for $19.95 at: http://www.theouchkit.com. The cards are designed to be filled out by hand and left where the right person will be sure to find them: on a pillow, slipped under a door, tucked into a purse or taped to the mirror. There's something about finding a hand-written apology that is very powerful. But for now, if you're looking for a quick way to win back the heart of someone you love, try sending a free Sorry Card. It's a Valentine's Day gift from Sansby to all you boneheads out there.

Contact Betsy Sansby, for interviews or distribution information: bsansby @ comcast.net

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