Words from Warren started out as thoughts on marriage. Then there was the election of a President who, with his marriages, flaunts disfunction as a virtue.
Besides, what do I know about marriage that you don’t already know from your own experience? Most importantly, only you and your mate have that exact relationship.
The rest of us sometimes try to speak of a couple’s marriage. Don’t we say they are “happily married”? What does that even mean? The phrase is trite and so uninformative as to be useless. What then?
Don’t try to describe a marriage. Huh! Now there’s a thought.
Consider this: two people seem to be “happily married” but flinch because they know what they are dealing with on a daily basis. Not really UNhappy but still… Then, there are gossipers who may say something like “Their marriage is a little rocky.” Then couple gets wind of this and it can only stir up guilt or anger. That helps them? I don’t think so.
All of which is to say, in your marriage just be kind, try to listen, have patience, and don’t give up too soon. Forget what others think about your relationship. And don’t even think about their marriages, don’t compare.
And if nothing else, as far marriage goes do not, and I say again do not, let your relationship go the route our adolescent President’s.
Words from Warren 