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Woman and Home

Woman and Home

Marden, Orison Swett

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Women's Studies

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ISBN10: 1150323841
ISBN13: 9781150323843
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI 'who's To Blame For Diyor.ce? Every tenth couple married by the pastor are separated by the court. Why? Because so many couples fail to realize that, by its very nature, marriage is a compromise. If it is to endure and to be happy it must always be as a willing compromise by both parties to the contract. No harmony could ever exist in the home on any other basis, for no two people were ever made exactly alike, could ever think and feel as one on every subject. You will never find a wife or a husband who will not have certain habits, little peculiarities, pet ideas or weaknesses that you will wish to change. Sometimes young men and young women will find so many points of difference after marriage that they may even think they have made a mistake in marrying. This is the crucial time, when the practice of a little mutual forbearance will save many a young couple from the divorce court, or lives of constant bickering and misery. It is human nature to be stubborn under pressure and to resent force; and where a husband or wife insists on the other always doing or thinking as he or she wishes, friction is inevitable. Most of us bring a great deal of unnecessary suffering on ourselves by not making up our minds at the very outset of our careers to adjust ourselves to people who differ with us instead of trying to make them fit our ideas of life and conduct. One of the things that causes so much unhappiness in married life is the effort to change a wife or husband, arbitrarily, whether it be in regard to some trivial fault or habit, or something of importance. A case in point is that of a woman of most excellent intentions who married an easy-going, lovable man who had a number of little faults almost inseparable from one of his disposition. She loved...

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