I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage.
I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.
My husband says, 'Roseanne, don't you think we ought to talk about our sexual problems?' Like I'm gonna turn off Wheel of Fortune for that.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
I tell people with children still in the house to go out once a week and talk about anything but the children. Otherwise, once you are an empty nester you might have nothing to talk about.
Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?
When trying to communicate with each other, a husband and wife should be careful to make sure their voices and faces agree with their words.
Spouses should spend at least one full hour each day talking together about subjects that have nothing to do with their work or business. Children need at least ten minutes of face-to-face contact with their parents each day.
If the marriage needs help, the answer almost always is have more fun. Drop your list of grievances and go ride a roller coaster.
To have a successful marriage, a man must, on a fundamental level be scared shitless of his wife.
It is normal for husband and wife to argue: it's normal. It always happens. But my advice is this: never let the day end without having first made peace. Never!
My husband has said even he doesn't know my politics. In the nonromantic-compliment category, that's a good one.
The first year of marriage, you definitely get to throw the wife card out whenever you're mad.
Every woman is entitled to an opinion and the right to express that opinion-especially to the man she's married to.
In terms of my wife, she obviously is a Monday nighter and doing very well. I watch her, I watch when she's on, and kinda give her feedback when she asks for it and she'll watch when I am on and she'll kinda give me feedback of what she thought was good and bad.
The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs.
It's hard giving advice to a friend about their marriage. You never know if you're saying too much or too little.
What does one tell a husband? One tells him nothing.
Listen carefully to the words and tone of voice you use with your spouse. Are you complaining all the time and telling her what she's not doing right? Or are you doing like Solomon-blessing, encouraging, and uplifting that woman?
Sam Vimes could parallel process. Most husbands can. They learn to follow their own line of thought while at the same time listening to what their wives say. And the listening is important, because at any time they could be challenged and must be ready to quote the last sentence in full. A vital additional skill is being able to scan the dialogue for telltale phrases such as "and they can deliver it tomorrow" or "so I've invited them for dinner?" or "they can do it in blue, really quite cheaply.
I am shamed to realize that in my marriage, my daughters never heard their father and me fight, which also meant, perhaps, that we didn't truly communicate.
Here's my challenge to the real men out there; it's very simple. If you have a good marriage, talk about it. If you love your wife, say it. If some moron tells you that you're merely a 'newlywed' or that you're still just 'too young to understand,' correct them.
In the process of planning and having a wedding, I forgot there would actually be a marriage, a union of minds, bodies, souls, and issues that would come together as soon as the ceremony was over.
