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behavior toward hi s
spouse?
Cancel another
marriage!
Such men don't even
realize what they are doing.
These husbands are not
aware that they have been
taking their wives for
granted for a long time.
Bad marital habits can
easily become ingrained.
But human beings are capa–
ble of cultivating good
habits as well as bad. Hus–
bands
can U!am
always
to
address their mates with obvious warmth and affection. They
do it
with
workmates all the time.
If
they don't learn how to
converse with their spouses in more than a mere civil man–
ner, they are courting disaster. It's as simple as that.
If you don't talk to your mate with interest and concern,
your marriage is either in serious trouble or soon will be.
Lack of loving, thoughtful communication is one of those
telltale signs of a failing marriage.
The Woman's Responsibility
Up to now we have focused on the husband in marriage.
But generally speaking, today's woman has an equal share of
the blame when things go wrong in a marriage.
Historian W.E.H. Lecky, author of a classic study of
Georgian England, once observed that "Marriage gives either
party an extraordinary power of injuring each other." Women
have no idea how much pain they can inflict upon a man. A
snide remark can cut through a man and injure him down
to
the core of his being.
Many a man delights in the role of protecting and
supporting his woman. Because of the way societies in this
world are structured, a man's income might not immediately
cover all the household needs and luxuries. He may realize
the problem and be working on a way to increase the family
income. A wife who impatiently nags and complains about