At a friend’s house after returning from a wedding ceremony earlier on in the day, I could not help but notice a plaque on the wall with the bold headline, “Guides for a Happy Marriage”. If I’d seen it in most other family houses, I wouldn’t have shrugged much. On going through the content of that plaque, I then understood why this family was so strong in every respect.
This was a family to envy in every area. You come into their home, and feel the love and joy radiating through it.
Communication, in this family is such a strong component that you wonder how they manage to do it. That plaque indeed was the secret upon which the parents had founded this home and it had taken deep roots in the lives of the children even into their adulthood.
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Guides for a Happy Marriage
- Never both be angry at the same time.
- If you have to criticise, do it lovingly.
- Never bring mistakes of the past.
- Neglect the whole world rather than each other.
- Never go to sleep with an argument unsettled.
- At least once every day try to say one kind or complimentary thing to your life’s partner.
- When you have done something wrong, be ready to admit it and ask for forgiveness.
- Do not curse each other when there is any misunderstanding or quarrel.
- Do not complain too much on each other’s mistakes, especially when the mistakes are not deliberately done.
- It takes two to make a quarrel and the one in the wrong is the one who does the most talking.
I’ve taken each of these guidelines to heart and hope you’d find them helpful in building and maintaining a happy and fulfilling relationship with your spouse.
