A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.
You know, we've been married for 22 years ... and I have learned a long time ago that the only people who count in any marriage are the two that are in it.
In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
A husband and wife who are in the habit of occupying separate rooms are either beings apart, or they have found happiness. Either they hate or they adore each other.
If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent.
A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.
I think husbands and wives should live in separate houses. If there's enough money, the children should live in a third.
Once a man and woman have married, the only thing they should receive from their parents is advice and counsel, and then only when they ask for it. Parents should not offer opinions or advice without being asked.
I took a small flat for myself and the children ... My husband took a room in a clean rooming house within easy walking distance of his office. ... It is wonderful sometimes to be alone in the night and just know that someone loves you. In other moods you must have that lover in your arms. Marriage under two roofs makes room for moods.
