Marital Happiness

Jealousy between husband and wife is one of the worst diseases of marriage, and one of the ugliest destroyers of its pillars. Woman in general is more prone to jealousy than man, and her jealousy shows itself in many forms. It appears in a violent, active form when the wife criticizes her husband, goes to extremes in analyzing his every motion and stillness, and creates for him a disagreeable atmosphere, far removed from the serenity of life.

There is another kind of woman whose jealousy shows itself in withdrawing into herself and feigning calm and quiet; but the signs of anxiety and suspicion never cease tearing at such women's breasts and robbing them of sleep, breeding in them obsessions and fears, and they dare not confront their husbands with the revolt and suppression their souls conceal!!

It is true that jealousy is one of the signs of love. The woman believes that by her jealousy over her husband she is aiming to safeguard his love for her, and does not know that she is tearing down his love with her own hand by showing him her jealousy, and destroying her dignity and her self-confidence.

Once the husband feels that his wife receives him every day with a heavy, somber face, and that she stands forever ready to declare a raging war upon him, he will, without a doubt, begin to seek happiness outside his home — and here the marital catastrophe begins to pull its threads...

What is truly regrettable is that few of us ladies have the strength to face the facts and admit to being a jealous woman. In any case, we must all remember always that jealousy does not help to keep a husband, and may create an abnormal situation that was never reckoned with.