Rules for a happy marriage...
Got these rules for a happy marriage from my husband's cousin who has been married for a long time. I could not resist...If you have to criticize, do it lovingly - yeah right! criticize lovingly indeed? do both the words even go together? :-p
If one of you has to win an argument,let it be the other one - now if I am getting into an argument it is not to let the other person win now would I? Why would I even get into an argument if the goal is to let the other person win!
Never go to sleep with an argument unsettled. - So what do you do if it is not settled? Not sleep! Yeah right! and add to the woes! or worse still keep arguing and arguing with exhaustion kicking in till you pass out?
Never yell at each other, unless the house is on fire. - Oh! Thank you for the grace event! What is a relationship without a good yell from time to time!!
Admit when you are wrong, and ask for forgiveness. - ok this starts out difficult and gets harder :-(
It takes two make a quarrel, the one in the wrong is the one who does the most talking. - Ahem! So are we saying the woman is always wrong? Ok ok PJ maybe, but the talking part is almost always done by the person who is more communicative. So are we saying that one should not communicate well...?
Neglect the whole world rather than each other. - Now that is a downer if there was one. Neglect the world maane..neglect everything? Isn't that sure shot recipe for disaster? Just paying attention to each other and nothing else. Claustrophobic nai? I wonder how many of us would be tearing out hair out in frustration if we cannot ignore our better halves from time to time.
Say one kind thing to your partner daily. - Just one? :-p and won't the partner catch on to the err..charity?
Never bring up mistakes from the past. - Hullo? How is that even possible? So let him/her go scott free just coz the mistake was in the past? Fat chance....
Never be angry at the same time. - Is this even achievable? Sometimes maybe...but it is human to get angry when someone is being angry with you. I think I would get angry if I am all angry and flustered and the person who it is directed against is cool as a cucumber!!
I personally feel there are no specific rules to make a marriage work. True, it requires hard work but rules don't make it successful. The persons involved do!
posted by Fizo @ 10:05 AM
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