Dec
21
2009
No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try you are still going to displease your “other”. Be aware you are going to fail. Breakdowns in communication between couples, even to the best of us, happen all the time.
Do not get overly frustrated when that happens and make the best of it. I keep quoting my doctor who responded to my comment, “My wife is driving me crazy.” by saying, ‘Don’t all wives do that? Join the club!’
Scott Peck in one of his books states, ‘People get married for the friction.’ There is no other common institution like marriage to change us.
Each person is selfish. Living with another forces you out of your comfort zone and makes you examine your behavior in a way you would not have to if you were living alone.
I have a friend who once told me, ‘Marriage is work.’ I laughed at him at the time. I did not believe him. I was single at the time. I am no longer laughing at him. He was right.
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